> Ironically I seem to remember the original IBM PC had connections
> for audio tape - a floppy disk was an option. But since it was
> marketed as a business computer to compete with high end CPM
> machines few were sold floppyless. (Although - anyone remember
> tha PC-jr? :-) )
Even high-end PS/2 machines had built-in software support for audio
tape access. If the BIOS of such machines doesn't find a boot device,
it starts a ROM BASIC interpreter, which can only access an audio
tape, neither floppy nor hard disks.
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