NeXT
Veteran Member
I was given this at the Interim Computer Festival two weeks ago and got around this morning to completely photographing it for bitsavers.
That I can tell it substitutes a paper tape reader/punch and can read/write at 110 or 300bps using an ordinary cassette tape. The flyer says it can do automatic control and indeed it does reply to control codes.
CTRL + Q is a read (XON/DC1)
CTRL + R starts the write mode (DC2)
CTRL + T stops the write mode (DC4)
CTRL + Z rewinds (SUB)
It had one shorted tantalum and then seemed to work. I can put a rewound and blank tape into it, hit record and I can stream data to it from Realterm and every time the internal buffer fills it advances the tape a little but I've yet to make it "play" the data back. I rewind the tape, press READ and it just advances the tape a little and stops. I took the recorded cassette and played it in an audio deck and indeed it recorded something but I don't know if it's valid data.
That I can tell it substitutes a paper tape reader/punch and can read/write at 110 or 300bps using an ordinary cassette tape. The flyer says it can do automatic control and indeed it does reply to control codes.
CTRL + Q is a read (XON/DC1)
CTRL + R starts the write mode (DC2)
CTRL + T stops the write mode (DC4)
CTRL + Z rewinds (SUB)
It had one shorted tantalum and then seemed to work. I can put a rewound and blank tape into it, hit record and I can stream data to it from Realterm and every time the internal buffer fills it advances the tape a little but I've yet to make it "play" the data back. I rewind the tape, press READ and it just advances the tape a little and stops. I took the recorded cassette and played it in an audio deck and indeed it recorded something but I don't know if it's valid data.
