On 05-25-14, Sean Dennis pondered and said...
 
 SD> PH> Ditto ZX81 here too, with a soliderd RAM pack to avoid the dreaded 
 SD> PH> wobble..
 SD> 
 SD> I remember that.  For me, it was duct tape to keep it from wobbling. 
 SD> Ugly but it worked!

Think I tried that first but gave up because one little bump and you were
dead in the water.

 SD> I have several programs for the T/S 1000 that are on tape, brand-new,
 SD> still in shrink wrap.  I'll have to find me a cassette recorder to use. 
 SD> I think I may have a TRS-80 tape recorder that was designed to be used
 SD> with their CoCo in my storage room.  One of these days I'll have to dig
 SD> that up.

Yes my fear with a lot of the tapes is just how well they will have survived
the passage of time. I've found even 3.5" floppy discs are rubbish after
about 15 years :-(

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