Mickey7@lemmy.worldcake to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 21 天前You really have to reach back to remember how THIS worked in your carlemmy.worldimagemessage-square66linkfedilinkarrow-up1644arrow-down116
arrow-up1628arrow-down1imageYou really have to reach back to remember how THIS worked in your carlemmy.worldMickey7@lemmy.worldcake to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 21 天前message-square66linkfedilink
minus-squareRade0nfighter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·21 天前Like how did these even work??
minus-squarezurohki@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·21 天前Instead of running a magnetic tape over the cassette player’s sensor, you put an electromagnet on it powered by the headphone jack. The cassette player just reads the magnetic field and doesn’t know any difference.
minus-squarestebo@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·20 天前damn I thought it was writing the tape in real time that would be insane
minus-squareMickey7@lemmy.worldcakeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·21 天前You shoved the cassette into your car radio and plugged the other end into a cd player
minus-squarepeopleproblems@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·21 天前Computer Engineer here, studied QED and E&M. This is the most accurate answer
minus-squareno banana@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·edit-221 天前The player reads a magnetic tape. Put the same reader inside the cassette and reverse it, now the player reads a reader.
minus-squareburgersc12@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·20 天前Technology connections explains it very well
minus-squareRade0nfighter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·16 天前Great explanation I get it now!
Like how did these even work??
Instead of running a magnetic tape over the cassette player’s sensor, you put an electromagnet on it powered by the headphone jack. The cassette player just reads the magnetic field and doesn’t know any difference.
damn I thought it was writing the tape in real time that would be insane
You shoved the cassette into your car radio and plugged the other end into a cd player
Computer Engineer here, studied QED and E&M.
This is the most accurate answer
The player reads a magnetic tape. Put the same reader inside the cassette and reverse it, now the player reads a reader.
Technology connections explains it very well
Great explanation I get it now!