It was thus said that the Great Tony Duell via cctalk once stated: > On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 4:21 PM, allison via cctalk > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > The tape recorders used had no agc. They were simple portables and used the > > mic or line input and headphone output. > > I have to disagree with you there. I have just looked at the documentation > for a > couple of the Radio Shack tape recorders commonly used with TRS80s, and > both have automatic gain control on recording.
I recall using a normal casette tape recorder with my Coco back in the day. I don't recall a gain control, but I do recall setting the volumn control way up. Never had a problem reading back tapes. -spc
