I think the current meaning has quite successfully replaced the original usage. Unless you typed this on a Commodore VIC-20, I suppose.
replyFor you maybe, but I've never heard of this site, my only reference for "datasette" is the commodore 1560
replyMe too, and also I've never used one and it was discontinued before I was born
replyI learned to program on a C64 and one of the first programs I wrote myself was an incredible basic "database" (really just a program that could store and then return simple fielded data.)
replyI named my database management software Datasette as an homage to the C64. I also figured it would be a unique name that would be easy to search for...
... jokes on me, it turns out the retro computing C64 community is way more active than I expected and there are still plenty of people taking about Datasette tape drives online, 30+ years after they stopped being manufactured and sold.
I can’t even parse what you’re complaining about. Could you elaborate?
replyI'm assuming he's talking about the old hardware data cassette vs the software project of the save name?
replyMy favourite Datassette is the electronic artist.
replyI’m assuming they’re just taking about the word dataset.
replyEither way feels ridiculous, but the human in me wants to know which it is ^_^
10 PRINT "HAVE YOU TRIED READING IT AGAIN?"
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replyJust read for the first time.
Thank you for the disambiguation for me - and the other readers.
Please hold the snark, lol