I hope so, too. But you really can’t do much with it without a disk drive. Even Bill there has the expansion unit. Just the computer itself with the tape drive is a horrible way to live. The tape drive can’t play assembly games like the cartridges or floppies, just basic. And of the other popular 8 bit computers of the time, the 99 had the slowest basic implementation. Like, truly a slog to write or play anything with. I found myself never wanting to use it, and so I let it go. It was gorgeous, though.
BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I just sold mine this summer. Complete in box, with a tape drive and a bunch of games.
marx2k@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I hope the new owner is taking good care of it
BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I hope so, too. But you really can’t do much with it without a disk drive. Even Bill there has the expansion unit. Just the computer itself with the tape drive is a horrible way to live. The tape drive can’t play assembly games like the cartridges or floppies, just basic. And of the other popular 8 bit computers of the time, the 99 had the slowest basic implementation. Like, truly a slog to write or play anything with. I found myself never wanting to use it, and so I let it go. It was gorgeous, though.