Fwd: unknown data tape

[Chuck Guzis]

On 12/11/2005 at 11:01 AM John Foust wrote:

>Speaking of audio cassette storage, I received this inquiry
>to my web.  Click the link to hear the data he has...  What's
>odd to my ear is that the data seems to be packeted between
>carrier.  Might this be someone's custom data, as opposed to
>ordinary program load/save?

I don't know about the content, but units that used these cassette tapes to
simulate a paper tape reader or punch were not uncommon in the early-to-mid
70's.  I used to have one with two decks and was block formatted and
searchable--in either direction. Top speed IIRC, was about 2400 baud.  For
a time, I used it with an early editing terminal as a rudimentary word
processing system.

Cheers,
Chuck