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Prior to the introduction of the Disk II, cassette was the main storage medium for Apple machines. Here an Apple II is using a Panasonic tape deck. Here an Apple II is using a Panasonic tape deck. The Apple I introduced an expansion-card based cassette system similar to KCS, recording a single cycle of 2000 Hz for a space and a single cycle of ...
Mini-Cassette, a small cassette tape cartridge developed by Phillips for dictation machines and data storage for the Philips P2000 home computer; Microcassette, a small cassette tape format that used the same width of magnetic tape as the Compact Cassette but in a much smaller cartridge developed by Olympus
The Compact Cassette, also commonly called a cassette tape, [2] audio cassette, or simply tape or cassette, is an analog magnetic tape recording format for audio recording and playback. Invented by Lou Ottens and his team at the Dutch company Philips , the Compact Cassette was released in August 1963.
Some tape cartridges, notably LTO cartridges, have small associated data storage chips built in to record metadata about the tape, such as the type of encoding, the size of the storage, dates and other information. It is also common for tape cartridges to have bar codes on their labels in order to assist an automated tape library.
Several companies sold VHS backup solutions in the 80s and 90s where data was converted to a video image which was then saved on a VHS tape. the Corvus "Mirror" ( U.S. patent 4380047A) the Metrum Model 64 on S-VHS tape, [2] the Danmere Backer tape backup system, [3] [4] the Alpha Microsystems Videotrax [5]
The SWTPC AC-30 Cassette Interface implements the Kansas City standard. In May 1976, it was sold for US$80 (equivalent to about $400 in 2023).. The Kansas City standard (KCS), or Byte standard, is a data storage protocol for standard cassette tapes or other audio recording media at 300 bits per second.
The Commodore 1530 (C2N) Datasette, later also Datassette (a portmanteau of data and cassette), is Commodore's dedicated magnetic-tape data storage device. Using compact cassettes as the storage medium, it provides inexpensive storage to Commodore's 8-bit computers, including the PET, VIC-20, and Commodore 64.
The cassette tape was a common low-cost and low-performance mass storage device for a generation of home computers. Home computers were a class of microcomputer that existed from 1977 to about 1995. During this time it made economic sense for manufacturers to make microcomputers aimed at the home user.