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Stephen · 25-11-2023, 04:45

Well cassette tapes are really just the holder for the tape, reel to reel is even older has been around since the 1930s. Most tape formats are just different ways to store and play the magnetic tape itself as well as the different size and width of tape.

The compact cassette that we all know was invented in 1962 and released in August 1963 by Philips. . However the first compact, consumer focussed, easy to use cassette, was the RCA tape cartridge and was created in 1958.

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Stephen Smeghead Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Glasgow Age: 44 Services: Sky Q 2Tb, Sky Q mini, boxsets and Sports & Movies HD, Sky Fibre unlimited Posts: 14,684	Re: Whats the oldest cassette,does anyone know? Well cassette tapes are really just the holder for the tape, reel to reel is even older has been around since the 1930s. Most tape formats are just different ways to store and play the magnetic tape itself as well as the different size and width of tape. The compact cassette that we all know was invented in 1962 and released in August 1963 by Philips. . However the first compact, consumer focussed, easy to use cassette, was the RCA tape cartridge and was created in 1958. __________________ AMD Ryzen 7 7700 \| 32GB DDR5 6000 \| RADEON 7900XT \| WD 2TB NVME