IBM PC hacking

[Vassilis Prevelakis]

> > Then again, could you do useful word-processing work on a cassette-based 
> > machine?  Anyone who use Atari 8-bit, C64, etc. -- was this common?  I assume 
> 
> Scripsit (for the TRS-80 Model 1 and 3) was certainly available on a 
> cassette, with load/save of your text to cassette. It worked, but it 
> wasn't that practical :-)

The BBC micro was cassette-based, but had a word processor in ROM
(View).  I remember using cassettes to save letters etc.
Eventually I saved enough money to buy a single 720K floppy drive
by Cumana (sp?).

**vp