Re: NEWSFLASH! Linux ported to Commodore VIC-20!!

David Woodhouse (David.Woodhouse@mvhi.com)
Tue, 15 Sep 1998 15:33:42 +0100


pb@nexus.co.uk said:
> The BBC Micro used to prompt you to rewind the tape so it could try
> again. :-)

Yeah, but it had control over the tape motor, so it was fairly easy to find
the place. If the tape keeps running after the error is detected, you have no
clue how far to rewind; you don't know how long ago the error was.

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