I thought I was old...the under dash 45 player takes the prize.
Remember 8 tracks?
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From: South Texas
I'm 16 and I got a working 8 track and record player sittin right here in my room and I love it. I got hundreds of classic country from the 60's 70's and early 80's. Also classic rock from the 60's 70's and early 80's hell i even got an AC/DC 8-track. If it has good music on it and I can play it i dont care. I have alot of CDs and cassete tapes too. Probly is weird but I love the stuff my Father gave to me I'm gonna try to pass it down to my kids and I hope they care for it as well as I do. anyways all I can say is 8 tracks rock!
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How about the "Playtape" format? I have a portable player, but no tapes for it. I'm pretty sure it predates cassettes.
As for other weird tape formats, how about DCC (digital compact cassette)? Reports were that it sounded better than MiniDisc (less compression?), but the basic idea was just plain wrong. As for MiniDisc, it could have been the new floppy if only Sony had gotten the data storage version of the drive out promptly (I could have backed up my entire hard drive to a single MD back in '94). Once the drives were in a few zillion computers, sales of car and portable players would have followed.
As for other weird tape formats, how about DCC (digital compact cassette)? Reports were that it sounded better than MiniDisc (less compression?), but the basic idea was just plain wrong. As for MiniDisc, it could have been the new floppy if only Sony had gotten the data storage version of the drive out promptly (I could have backed up my entire hard drive to a single MD back in '94). Once the drives were in a few zillion computers, sales of car and portable players would have followed.
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I'm on board with the 8 track player. Had one in the Mustang the first week I owned it. I remember being upstaged by my buddy who had that Quad something by Motorola. If I remember correctly in the Pantera there was a 8 track player/recorder. Now what would you be recording in a 170 MPH car anyway.
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From: Saratoga County, NY
Yep sure do remember the 8 tracks. Had a big suit case like thing in the back seat full of them. I also had a 1972 Ford T-Bird with a factory AM radio/8 track in the dash (this was in 1979).
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In '72 my dad bought a brand new Mercury Marquis, with the optional AM/FM 8-track. Our first tape came with it, called "Ford family of fine music" We'd never heard anything that sounded so good! -TD
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Had an 8-track in the first car I owned. Don't have the car or the player anymore but I do have the high quality chunck of cardboard I had to slide along side the tape to shim it so it would work. Think I could sell it on e-bay? 
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Originally Posted by buzzard
Man, I wore out my "Rumors" and "Live at Budokan" tapes.
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Originally Posted by Cudighi
Had an 8-track in the first car I owned. Don't have the car or the player anymore but I do have the high quality chunck of cardboard I had to slide along side the tape to shim it so it would work. Think I could sell it on e-bay?
.....I remeber it like yesterday