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Posted by Bill Vermillion on 10/05/01 11:34
In article <fd0mp1hd7kgn3qa7iql6u8ac2jrt4q22t8@4ax.com>,
NunYa Bidness <nunyabidness@nunyabidness.org> wrote:
>On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 00:15:45 -0500, Derek Janssen
><djanss@nospam.charter.net> Gave us:
>
>>Justin wrote:
>>
>>>>But thats not quite true, stores still sell cassettes, both prerecorded
>>>>(rare but out there) and blanks. CD sure pacified cassette but it didn't
>>>>totally kill it. Now 8-track would be dead, can't buy prerecorded or blanks
>>>>outside a garage sale, no ones makes them to my knowledge. Cassette is
>>>>still made/sold by several manufactures including Memorex.
>>
>>And are still used for home recording, personal notes, answering
>>machines, etc.
>>Now, compare to:
>>
>>> 8 track didn't make the inroads tape did.
>>
>>8-track had the two classic fatal symptoms:
>>
>>A) It was pre-recorded media only (oh, sure, you could probably *get* a
>>recorder, if you wanted to buy the hardware that nobody else was
>>buying), and
>
> There were plenty of recorders around. Even the cheapo makers like
>"SoundDesign" <sp> offered them.
>
>>B) It was technically a mess. (Always used to have that bleed-through
>>on the cheap players, with two tracks playing at once...)
>>
>>...It had exactly ONE application-use for the consumer, and didn't
>>impress us at that. That's how neat-o technologies die.
>
> It was technically a mess, but it was the method of spooling that
>caused it. It was a total failure from a mechanical POV. The tapes
>stretched as they were subjected to excessive pulls from the capstan
>to get it to feed. It would bind up completely. It had problems with
>weather changes. A total failure. Cross talk usually meant a very
>cheap player, with a shitty head, and a poor factory alignment.
The 4-tracks used the Fidelipac type cartridge - but the 8-track
was engineered to be cheaper to make and have a capstan in the
cartridge. And cost is a big deciding factor for volume
production so the sale price can be lower.
The Fidelipac cartridges lived for years and years in radio station
tape cartridge banks.
Bill
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