...and here you thought the 464 was the first...
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And not only that, it also had a TAPE HOLDER!!!! Oh the luxury!
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ca1978.
I like the idea of the tape holder. Simple but nice to keep a few of your fave tape games handy. I can't day I'm fond of those tiny keys with big spaces between them but overall I still find this quite charming in that nostalgic vintage computer way decades before every device started to all just resemble flat generic slabs.
Quote from: Gryzor on 10:18, 30 August 14
...and here you thought the 464 was the first...
There were quite a few in the USA that had built in tape players. Wasn't there even a CBM Pet with one?
Not forgetting the TWIN tape decks of the Coleco Adam:
(http://www.digibarn.com/collections/systems/coleco-adam/CIMG3282.JPG)
Yes there was indeed (tape deck on left side IIRC), but I had to lead in somehow :)
If the CPC had a tape holder like the Interact, it would be difficult to choose which 3 cassettes out of the thousands available, to put in the holder. :)
At least the PLUS only had 24/25 cartridges to accomodate.:)
Just the top three you play the most I suppose. :P
Hm, that Coleco Adam looks nifty too.
Speaking of the tape holder and form-following-function, I remember seeing in Core Memory (http://www.amazon.com/Core-Memory-Visual-Vintage-Computers-ebook/dp/B0089LQFM4/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1409477601&sr=1-1&keywords=core+memory), an exceptional book/album, a phhoto of some workstation console from the sixties used in defense installations. Its most interesting feature? An embedded... ashtray! That little touch was pure genius :D
Quote from: steve on 23:29, 30 August 14
If the CPC had a tape holder like the Interact, it would be difficult to choose which 3 cassettes out of the thousands available, to put in the holder. :)
At least the PLUS only had 24/25 cartridges to accomodate. :)
Not really, a few C90's loaded with tape-to-tape'd games is all you would have needed
Quote from: EgoTrip on 19:44, 31 August 14
Not really, a few C90's loaded with tape-to-tape'd games is all you would have needed
but no tape counter makes the c90 a pain in the plus!
There were even portable machines with integrated tapedeck before the CPC. The Epson HX-20 even had a printer integrated too.
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Cheers,
Shane
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Cheers,
Shane
There's the Commodore PET 2001 too which came out in 1977.
Bryce.