Cassette Futurism

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A place to share and discuss Cassette Futurism: media where the technology closely matches the computers and technology of the 70s and 80s.

Whether it's bright colors and geometric shapes, the tendency towards stark plainness, or the the lack of powerful computers and cell phones, Cassette Futurism includes: Cassettes, ROM chips, CRT displays, computers reminiscent of microcomputers like the Commodore 64, freestanding hi-fi systems, small LCD displays, and other analog technologies.

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My first PC, a TRS-80 Model III (1980) (www.homecomputermuseum.nl)

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Z80 CPU, 2.03 MHz. 4kb of ram. No drives, just a cassette player/recorder, which frequently would lose your programs.

Good times.

More info: https://www.trs-80.com/wordpress/models/model-3/

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[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

I had TRS-80 Color Computer II. Pro tip for the cassette save- make dupes. Frequent rewinding to the beginning to reset the counter then fast forwarding to the saved data or blank space will eventually cause the tape to stretch. Over time, that will make saved data points begin progressively later, and may make longer saves completely unreadable.