Retrochallenge Step 0: Get Prepared

In the spirit of fairness, I’m not going to start work on the Retrochallenge Winter Warm-Up until January 1st, but I did want to start laying the groundwork so I can hit the ground running on the first of the year. I took my first step in preparation today by buying the all-important cassette player, an old-school Panasonic RQ2102.

I chose the RQ2102 specifically because of its historical accuracy. Apple used to recommend this very model as the preferred cassette recorder for the Apple II—and yet, it’s still made today. Remarkable!

Of course I don’t strictly need a cassette recorder. Sure, I could use a PC or an iPad or something as an MP3 recorder. But honestly, where’s the fun in that? So I want to use the real thing.