8-bitters and multi-whatever

[Cameron Kaiser]

> IIRC the trs-80 model III and IV could network (saw it in use in a
> classroom) via cassette port (hazy memory here) the network III device IIRc,
> where it hooked to a main computer that had a HD, and let you load and save
> programs on diskless III'S and IV's

Not just them -- CoCos did this too. I assisted a 5th grade teacher who had
a room full of CoCo 2's, using a rotary hub selector through the cassette
ports, to download files from a CoCo 3 with a disk drive. We ran through the
whole room typing CLOAD on every unit.

After kids had written their own work, they could also upload it, and the
teacher made a floppy disk copy for backup and archiving.

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