<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Documents tagged with Cassette Tapes]]></title><description><![CDATA[Documents tagged with Cassette Tapes]]></description><link>https://techsparx.comcassette-tapes.xml</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2026 21:14:27 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[The 1972-era desktop sized iPod]]></title><description><![CDATA[Who says that before the iPod we could play one song/album at a time?  Cassette players held one tape, and at up to 120 minutes per tape that meant about 2 albums worth of music, after which you'd have to manually switch the tape.  Oh the inhumanity of it all, having to walk across the room to switch tapes.  With a record player, you could stack multiple records and it would play one after another.  For the most part we were stuck playing one, or maybe two, albums at a time.  And we walked uphill, both ways, through the snow, every day to school.  Actually, ingenious engineers created wondrous mechanical gizmos for many purposes, including this cassette-tape carousel.  It held up to 20 cassette tapes, could play one at a time, or could play a programmed sequence, for up to 2 1/2 days of continuous music.  AND, it was built in 1972.  I bet Steve Jobs was having fond memories of this cassette carousel when he inspired Apple to create the iPod.  ]]></description><link>https://techsparx.com/blog/2017/04/retro-1972-ipod.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://techsparx.com/blog/2017/04/retro-1972-ipod.html</guid><pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2026 08:00:03 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>