Anyone interested in a Blaupunkt Model #CR-8000 AM/FM/8-Track radio? It
came with my Spitfire when I bought from the DPO. Make me an offer!
Tony Childs
72 Spitfire - Resurrected!!!
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> From: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
> To: Gernot Vonhoegen <gernot.vonhoegen@stir.ac.uk>
> Cc: 'triumphs@autox.team.net'
> Subject: Re: 8-track
> Date: Monday, July 13, 1998 12:16 PM
>
>
> On Mon, 13 Jul 1998, Gernot Vonhoegen wrote:
>
> > can sombody enlighten me on what an 8-track is and if this is of any
> > use? I believe its some form of old fashioned cassette thingy.
>
> This was the brainchild of Bill Lear (of Lear Jet fame), and was a sort
of
> "cassette tape", circa 1965. The cartridges were about the size of a
> "Walkman" type radio. They were more or less a "continuous-loop" tape,
> with four "programs" on each tape (and, being stereo, two channels, so
> 4x2=8 -- the 8-track). The "format" was pretty rigid in terms of length;
> some prerecorded music on 8-track was arranged in a different order than
> one would be used to finding on the vinyl album or cassette tape to fit
> the time constraints. Either that, or a song might be interrupted by
> clicks and such while the player changed from one program to the next.
One
> could easily move through programs 1,2,3,4, but rewinding was not
> possible. Recording your own 8-track was possible, but nowhere near as
> commonplace as with cassettes.
>
> It was interesting, and it was quite popular for some time, until
cassette
> tapes really came into their own. 8-track format pretty much disappeared
> in the 1980s. It's primarily a novelty artifact now, IMHO, although it's
> undoubtedly considered collectible by some.
>
> --Andy
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