Texas Instruments TI-99/4A - Page 161

Many models of computers require you to buy a
specific cassette recorder, but the TI-99/4A is de
signed to operate with many different cassette
recorders. If you already own a cassette record
er, it may work with your computer. The record
er must have three types of connections: auxil
iary,remote, and microphone. These connections
are normally on the side or front of the recorder.
You may discover that your recorder will not
operate when the PLAY button is depressed and
you give the command OLD CS1 to load a cas
sette program. If your cassette recorder shows
these symptoms, you probably own a recorder
that uses a different method of switching the
cassette motor on and off than is used by the Tl-
99/4A. You can fix this with a low-cost adapter
that allows many cassette recorders to operate
with the TI-99/4A's method of recorder control.
Rather than using an adapter, however, you
could disconnect the plug that is inserted into
the jack of your tape recorder. If you do this, the
recorder will not be under control of the com
puter, and you will have to start and stop the
recorder manually when loading or saving
programs.
If you do not have a cassette recorder, you will
find that to purchase one will cost from S25 to
$80, so it will pay to compare models when con
sidering a cassette recorder for your TI-99/4A.
Texas Instruments provides a list of cassette
recorders from numerous manufacturers that
will operate with the TI-99/4A.
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