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Slothie · 26th Apr 2021, 2:27 pm

The 2nd Cassette port on the 3000 series was likely only there for the case when the mainboard was used to upgrade/replace the mainbourd from a 2000 with built in cassette, which is probably why its not gold plated. The 3000 series were mainly aimed at schools and businesses and by the time it was released the floppy drives were available, and the need for 2 cassette ports had gone (early PET software was made that processed data from 1 tape to the other mainframe style, but no-one would seriously do this once a floppy drive was available). The internal cassette connector on the 3000 series was pretty much vestigial.

26th Apr 2021, 2:27 pm	#1770
Slothie Octode Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: Newbury, Berkshire, UK. Posts: 1,287	Re: Non-working Commodore PET 3016 The 2nd Cassette port on the 3000 series was likely only there for the case when the mainboard was used to upgrade/replace the mainbourd from a 2000 with built in cassette, which is probably why its not gold plated. The 3000 series were mainly aimed at schools and businesses and by the time it was released the floppy drives were available, and the need for 2 cassette ports had gone (early PET software was made that processed data from 1 tape to the other mainframe style, but no-one would seriously do this once a floppy drive was available). The internal cassette connector on the 3000 series was pretty much vestigial.