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8 track tapes, still alive and,well? Not so well


tom b. 57

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Lear is credited with the 4 and 8 track, but RCA marketed a similiar system in the 50s. It went nowhere with consumers, but was adopted for radio stations for commercials and news spots. In the 60s, B&O or maybe Nordmende had a similar system in Europe, but it was a special single open reel and drive, not an integrated cartridge ala the 8 track.

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