Vintage Cassettes: 1963-2010
vintagecassettes.comI got really into this design aesthetic a while ago. Once you recognize it, you see it more and more. Some examples/sources:
- amazing animation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9DfSCk-6Ko
- IG account of VHS cassettes: https://www.instagram.com/blanktapebingo/
- Product launch: https://www.lux.camera/meet-orion/
- product page I made using the style: https://criticalmoments.io
That animation is a masterpiece, just like the the original designs themselves! Thank you for sharing.
Amazing
I recently walked past a destroyed cassette tape on the side of the road which was a blast from the past. I got to show my kids what they looked like and explain that you’d see them like that all the time.
I have a stack of cassettes that came with a TI-99/4A I bought. 4 are 1978-1983 Realistic C-60s with what look like homebrew games. I wonder what "NAME THAT BONE" is all about. 1 is a 1973-1977 Realistic C-90, highlights include "CHECK BOOK" (identity theft ahoy!) and "LUNAR LANDER"
Edit: here you go, source code for "NAME THAT BONE".
https://archive.org/details/tibook_the-best-of-99er-volume-1...
ah, to live in an era where one could freely type an em dash every two sentences
Very cool. I really need to get back into recording to my cassettes. It was a lot of fun just as a way to explore music and then burn what I liked into a fun format. This project has not gotten a lot of love from me since some life changes but this is what I was using to generate printable J-Cards from my navidrome instance.
https://github.com/hank-bond/album-card-generator
If anyone is interested it would be a good place to point your agent to.
Related. Others?
Vintage Cassettes: 1963-2010 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16686860 - March 2018 (11 comments)
Cool. Just checked for the tape I have in a drawer within arms reach: a BASF Chrome II from sometime between 1997 and 2000. There's a techno live set from the early aughts on it, that's the only thing I know about it lol
TDK SA C-90 were my favorites - excellent sound quality and durability, not too expensive.
TDK C-90 10-packs were my favourites as a teenager in the 80s in Australia. And for an extra dose of nostalgia, here is the "TDK does amazing things" ad from 1984.