(about
S100
or
less)
,
cas
sette recorders are very
slow
compared
to
disk drives and usually are
not
as
reliable. They also tend
to
be more prone
to
errors in loading programs.
You
may
use
either
an
Atari program recorder or any regular
cas-
sette recorder. Cassette recorders are discussed
in more detail in Chapter
4,
"Peripherals."
Diskettes
A diskette, also
known
as a disk,
or
floppy disk,
is
a round,
thin
sheet
of
plastic, coated
with
magnetic oxide similar
to
the coating on a
cas-
sette tape. This sheet
is
sealed in a
jacket
to
protect
it
from dust and dirt. When
you
buy
a
diskette-based program, the program
is
stored
on the magnetic
material inside the non-
removable jacket.
While diskette-based programs are usually more
expensive than cassette-based programs, disk-
ettes have certain advantages over cassettes.
Loading a program from a disk drive
is
much
faster-and
far more
accurate-than
loading a
program from a cassette recorder.
In addition,
there are many more programs
available on disk-
ette than cassette.
Also,
when
you
store
your
own
work
,
you
can store many programs (de-
pending
on
their
size)
on a diskette,
as
opposed
to
the recommended one program on each side
of
a
ca
ssette. If
you
will
be creating
your
own
programs, or if
you
will
be
saving files such
as
letters and reports,
you
will
find diskettes
cheaper and more manageable than cassettes.
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