Digibarn Collection ➔ Radioshack TRS-80 Computer Cassette Recorder
Physical Object
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User data was originally stored on cassette tape. Radio Shack's model CTR-41 cassette recorder was included with the US$599 package.[31]: 3–4 The software-based[11] cassette tape interface is slow and erratic;[48] Green described it as "crummy ... drives users up the wall", and the first issue of 80 Micro has three articles on how to improve cassette performance.[49] It is sensitive to audio volume,[25] and the computer gives only a crude indication as to whether the correct volume was set, via a blinking character on screen while data is loaded.