Commodore CBM - Cassette Tape Drive

a. 8x8 Dot Matrix
b. Sample Letter A
c. Sample Graphie
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Figure 2-6. The 8x8 Dot Matrix
CASSETTE TAPE DRIVE
The cassette tape drive is built into the PET console on PETs with the com-
pact keyboard but must be connected separately ta PETs with the full size
keyboard. The tape units themselves are identical.
The tape drive allows you to
store programs and data trom the PET memory onto cassette tape; you can
also load stored programs and data trom cassette tape into the PET memory.
The
PET can be connected ta more than one cassette tape drive. However. only
one of the tape drives
is the "main" or "console" cassette tape drive. For the com-
pact keyboard PET the console tape drive is the built-in tape unit. For full size
keyboards the console tape drive is the tape unit connected at the Jl interface
port (refer ta Figure 2-2).
You can load and store programs on any tape drive (or other peripheral
device. such
as a disk drive) connected ta the PET. However. the console tape
drive
is the defau It device implied when performing a load or store without
specifying a particular peripheral device.
The cassette tape drive
is shawn in Figure 2-7.
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