Comments on: NOS clone datassettes!

By: User

User — Wed, 16 Nov 2016 03:40:51 +0000

In reply to neozeed. BTW, please remove your "trksid" from the eBay URL ;)

By: neozeed

neozeed — Wed, 16 Nov 2016 03:12:32 +0000

In reply to Blake Patterson.

I wondered when I got a tape drive, as my 1541 was so crazy slow, could the tape be any better?

No, no it was not… Buy it did hold more data.

It’s a shame CBM & hard disks never mixed.

By: Blake Patterson

Blake Patterson — Wed, 16 Nov 2016 00:35:55 +0000

The datasette was faster than the 1541, wasn’t it? 😉

By: neozeed

neozeed — Mon, 14 Nov 2016 02:14:51 +0000

In reply to Peter. Well a quick look on ebay.co.uk for "Commodore 64 games", and the vast majority of them are on tape. Looking at ebay.de for Commodore 64 spiele, certainly shows more disks, and cartridges as well. I dont think Commodore ever really kept track of what they sold. It would be interesting to see where what machines and peripherals ended up.. Or if anyone actually bought Commodore printers. But it's certainly 30+ years too late for that.

By: Peter

Peter — Sun, 13 Nov 2016 22:04:48 +0000

In reply to neozeed.

You’re asking 30 years too late. C64 tapes can’t be copied fast, honestly I never copied a C64 tape. But floppy disks more than I could count. It wasn’t important what was copied, in fact, it was like hunters and gatherers. The majority of the copied games here in germany were made by english publisher.
E.g. Giana Sisters was very popular, regardless of the fact it wasn’t sold long enough to be buyed regularly.

By: neozeed

neozeed — Sun, 13 Nov 2016 11:11:59 +0000

In reply to Peter. Did they do cover disks back then? What were the major labels? Who were the big companies? As I mentioned I didn't get a tape drive until much later, and the only things I got on tape were UK imports. And they were crazy expensive. Although cheaper than a normal disk based game which could be anywhere from $15 to $40 CDN. Nintendo and Genesis carts were far more expensive than going to America

By: Peter

Peter — Sun, 13 Nov 2016 10:10:22 +0000

I have still my opinion about that, regardless of a Youtube video from someone which was not in the same area I live. Disk drives (1541 etc) were NOT rarely used, tons of copied games were "traded" on schoolyards, and NOT tapes.

By: neozeed

neozeed — Sat, 12 Nov 2016 06:24:53 +0000

In reply to Erika. Wow that's just crazy!! I wonder how many they really have

By: Harald

Harald — Fri, 11 Nov 2016 20:19:32 +0000

In reply to neozeed.

I remember in Germany, that most of us started with a tape but got a disk-drive very quickly ;-). But true, regarding the shift PC vs Amiga in Germany. I remember friends calling me crazy when i bought a PC instead of an Amiga back in the days …

Btw.: seems the Tapes are back in stock at the auction(?).

By: Erika

Erika — Fri, 11 Nov 2016 20:02:41 +0000

Thanks for the heads up on the ebay auction.

I just checked (20:58 11-11-2016 )and “More than 10 available / 327 sold ” So they ar e not sold out (yet).
In the Netherlands, later on in c64 life span. You could get package deals with a c64 and a 1541. I did not know anybody with just a datassette.
The spectrum and MSX crowd where more cassette storage based.