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General Category => Huh? => Topic started by: ThaDood on March 11, 2021, 2118 UTC

Title: Inventor of the compact cassette tape, Lou Ottens, passes away at age 94.
Post by: ThaDood on March 11, 2021, 2118 UTC
Cassettes are certainly a main point in free radio history, so an interesting read for those of us that grew up in the late 60's, the 70's, 80's, and even through the 90's.    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/amid-cassette-tape-creators-death-we-remember-his-legacy-%e2%80%93-the-mixtape/ar-BB1euz4i?ocid=mailsignout&li=BBnb7Kz

Then, there's this link:     https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2021/03/dutch-inventor-of-the-audio-cassette-tape-dies-aged-94/?
Title: Re: Inventor of the compact cassette tape, Lou Ottens, passes away at age 94.
Post by: Under30 on April 21, 2021, 0046 UTC
:( I really liked cassette tapes.