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Re: [AV Media Matters] Microcassette
Current microcassettes (Panasonic, Sony, Olympus) are capstan driven.
I seem to recall a GE model that was edge drive, about 1978 or so.
Joe Salerno
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----- Original Message -----
From: <midshires@cix.co.uk>
To: <AV-Media-Matters@topica.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2000 2:22 PM
Subject: RE: [AV Media Matters] Microcassette
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>>Olympus' invention of the Microcassette
>
>"Invention" sounds a bit steep to me, when it's not much different from a
>mini-cassette, which in turn derives from the Philips compact cassette
>[which in turn was not much different from the old quarter-inch Garrard
>cassette!].
>
>In fact the sole difference I can see between the mini-cassette and the
>micro-cassette is the size and the fact that most (all) micro-cassettes
are
>edge-wheel driven.
>
>Or am I being unfair?
>
>Andy Emmerson.