Compact cassette
From WE Computers Museum
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| Compact cassette | |
| Developer | Philips |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Various |
| Systems | Electronika BK-0010, TI-99/4A |
| Released | EU: August 30, 1963 NA: November 1964 |
| Added to Museum | not yet |
A compact cassette, musicassette, cassette tape, or cassette, or tape is an analog magnetic tape storage format.
Introduction
The compact cassette was introduced as an audio storage format at the Berlin Radio Show on August 30, 1963. It was introduced in North America in November 1964 under the Norelco brand.
Data storage
In 1972, the compact cassette began to be used as storage media for microcomputers by Hewlett Packard in the HP 9830.
