Tag: tapes
5 posts
Let’s Go To The Tape
Why Memorex, Silicon Valley’s first true startup, evolved into something of a ghost kitchen of computing.
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
tedium.co/
Sep 3, 2021
Package Deal
Why did the television industry put so much energy into combining TV sets with VCRs, anyway? It seems like they were everywhere for a while.
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
tedium.co/
Aug 6, 2021
Jagged Little Tapes
These transitional audio recording formats were briefly dominant—then, quickly grew obscure. The further back you go, the more obscure they get.
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
tedium.co/
Jun 5, 2020
A Bigger, Better Tape
The story behind the Elcaset, one of Sony’s first attempts to prove that it could make a better format than everyone else.
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
tedium.co/
Jan 4, 2017