Just wondering if any of you could help me identify an old audio player that I used in school back in the 1980s. I do not remember the make or model of it. All I remember is that the medium was a sheet of A4 paper that had a magnetic backing. After inserting the paper, lining the holes up with the pins to make sure it's in the right place, the lid was closed and a playback head started revolving underneath the paper. The head gradually moved in from the edge, tracing a spiral track.
So it was like a record player, but using magnetic recording technology where the head moved instead of the medium. If I remember correctly you couldn't record on it; you had to purchase pre-recorded sheets for use with it. The idea I assume was to be more robust than a cassette player or record, but it never seemed to catch on - perhaps it was too expensive to manufacture the recordings.
So it was like a record player, but using magnetic recording technology where the head moved instead of the medium. If I remember correctly you couldn't record on it; you had to purchase pre-recorded sheets for use with it. The idea I assume was to be more robust than a cassette player or record, but it never seemed to catch on - perhaps it was too expensive to manufacture the recordings.
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