cassette turns 50

s2325 · 17 September 2013, 12:54

The cassette should have died. Instead, it's turning 50 in an atmosphere of celebration.
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/09/12/te...day/index.html

xArtx · 17 September 2013, 16:14

Don't worry, they can hardly last as long as floppy disks

(maybe the remaining cassettes won't live to see 60).

Minuous · 17 September 2013, 18:48

Is there anything Philips/Signetics *didn't* invent?! ;-) They are probably my favourite tech company (apart from Commodore of course but Commodore is not really around anymore in any meaningful sense).

dlfrsilver · 17 September 2013, 20:24

from the dumps i have been doing up to now, tapes are more solid and reliable than the floppy disks..... just my 2 cts.

Zak · 18 September 2013, 19:12

We used to connect a little cassette recorder to our dad´s radio and record music. But when you pressed the record button, the microphone would also be active and after an hour or so, Mom would come in and ruin the record. We also used to make audio plays with the cassette recorder. Or record the budgies or something. That was ages before the family had anything like a computer. How I wish I had one of those tapes, they´re all gone.

jimbob · 18 September 2013, 19:57

This gadget here has some claim to be the first "cassette" recorder -

http://www.madeinshrewsbury.co.uk/co...tley_taperiter

I saw one at the local sale room on Monday. I was hoping to grab it for a tenner or so, typical for stuff like this at this sale, but for some reason this one had a reserve of £400.

It was in great nick but was missing the microphone. It'll never make that.

alexh · 18 September 2013, 20:38

Bah newfangled technology. This isn't a real Cassette, it's the Compact Cassette.

This is a real cassette :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8-track_tape

And Jimbob has found an even OLDER one

Rick Dangerous · 18 September 2013, 23:13

Hi!

The MC displayed in the Introduction is from 1989.
It's only 24 years old.
My first computer-related recordings are from 1983. These MC's work fine today. (The computer that could read them is a TI-99/4a)
The eldest/oldest magnetic recordings I have come from 1978, that suits my TI-59 Calculator. Some magnetic stripes... They work.
My father has some old Tape-Recordings (Not MC) from 1964. That fits the "MC-50th Anniversary".

Cheers,
Rick

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17 September 2013, 16:14	#2
xArtx Registered User Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Australia Posts: 685	Don't worry, they can hardly last as long as floppy disks (maybe the remaining cassettes won't live to see 60).

17 September 2013, 18:48	#3
Minuous Coder/webmaster/gamer Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Canberra/Australia Posts: 2,683	Is there anything Philips/Signetics didn't invent?! ;-) They are probably my favourite tech company (apart from Commodore of course but Commodore is not really around anymore in any meaningful sense).

17 September 2013, 20:24	#4
dlfrsilver CaptainM68K-SPS France Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Melun nearby Paris/France Age: 47 Posts: 10,515	from the dumps i have been doing up to now, tapes are more solid and reliable than the floppy disks..... just my 2 cts.

18 September 2013, 19:12	#5
Zak Zap´em Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 616	We used to connect a little cassette recorder to our dad´s radio and record music. But when you pressed the record button, the microphone would also be active and after an hour or so, Mom would come in and ruin the record. We also used to make audio plays with the cassette recorder. Or record the budgies or something. That was ages before the family had anything like a computer. How I wish I had one of those tapes, they´re all gone.

18 September 2013, 19:57	#6
jimbob Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: Kilmacolm Age: 46 Posts: 632	This gadget here has some claim to be the first "cassette" recorder - http://www.madeinshrewsbury.co.uk/co...tley_taperiter I saw one at the local sale room on Monday. I was hoping to grab it for a tenner or so, typical for stuff like this at this sale, but for some reason this one had a reserve of £400. It was in great nick but was missing the microphone. It'll never make that.

18 September 2013, 20:38	#7
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,475	Bah newfangled technology. This isn't a real Cassette, it's the Compact Cassette. This is a real cassette : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8-track_tape And Jimbob has found an even OLDER one

18 September 2013, 23:13	#8
Rick Dangerous Registered Playmate Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: OZ Age: 54 Posts: 156	Hi! The MC displayed in the Introduction is from 1989. It's only 24 years old. My first computer-related recordings are from 1983. These MC's work fine today. (The computer that could read them is a TI-99/4a) The eldest/oldest magnetic recordings I have come from 1978, that suits my TI-59 Calculator. Some magnetic stripes... They work. My father has some old Tape-Recordings (Not MC) from 1964. That fits the "MC-50th Anniversary". Cheers, Rick

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