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Whether most 8-bit users had tapes depended on the market. In the US most users had floppy drives. Most stores carried little or no software on tapes.
by tssva 5y ago
Whether most 8-bit users had tapes depended on the market. In the US most users had floppy drives. Most stores carried little or no software on tapes.
- pjmlp 5y agoIn Europe, specially the markets dominated by Spectrum and Timex clones they were a rich boys thing. I think I never saw them on sale on my hometown, they had to be ordered from ads in computer magazines.
- tssva 5y agoI purchased my Commodore 1541 floppy drive at Kmart which I think is still barely in business. The more commonly known equivalent today would be Walmart. In other words they were common enough to be stocked at low end discount department stores. You can tell the difference between regions by watching retro computing YouTube channels. Those with North American creators generally use floppy drives or emulators with their retro equipment. European/UK creators are more likely to use tape or tape emulators and if they use floppies reference that they would have never been able to do so back in the day.