The "ready to use" one with the 5 pin DIN connector/adapter was probably expensive.[1] Otherwise, he would have had to find an adapter or fiddle making one him

The "ready to use" one with the 5 pin DIN connector/adapter was probably expensive.[1] Otherwise, he would have had to find an adapter or fiddle making one himself. And even that would require a cassette player with all the right jacks (mono in, mono out, remote). They didn't all have those. [1] This thing: https://colorcomputerarchive.com/repo/Documents/Manuals/Hardware/CCR-82%20Manual%20(Tandy).pdf https://colorcomputerarchive.com/repo/Documents/Manuals/Hard... Edit: An old ad...$59.95 Or $142 if inflation adjusted to 2021 from 1987. http://www.trs-80.com/images/desc/desc-cat-rs-26-1208.jpg http://www.trs-80.com/images/desc/desc-cat-rs-26-1208.jpg