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@bitnacht @iotar @NanoRaptor that would be 1.99 fee pur ejection and of course each cassette has DRM and so that it can only be played back on that device ;) @iotar As a C64 kid, these are giving me feels. Stuck with the crap tape deck by default, the floppy drive was a prohibitively expensive but much desired peripheral. (Finally got a 1541 mk2, well after I should have just ponied up for an Amiga.) @KennyPark @iotar Weirdly, I've now got multiple floppy drives but can't get my hands on a datasette.    @iotar @NanoRaptor I believe they got as far as pre-production to ship these with the Apple ][ when they realized they'd put the wrong color logo on the player and had to abandon it.    @simonbp @wcbdata @iotar @NanoRaptor You don't insert the tape on the underside of the player? How unusual of them.  @iotar @NanoRaptor sigh I wish they still made the one that had two tape decks. and now there's not even a phono input either @iotar @NanoRaptor makes me think of the commodor PETs we had in my elementary school. An Apple PET wouldn’t be the worst idea, especially after the pivot to music adds features for making mixtapes @iotar @NanoRaptor oh, I forgot about the Apple Records thing, barring Apple Computer from using “Apple” branding on new models because the Apple ][ was too musical. No wonder the Apple PET was canceled @iotar @NanoRaptor if thus were an actual Apple device, the eject button would be on the back, flush with the case. @iotar@mastodon.online @NanoRaptor@bitbang.social simplified your design a bit, six buttons is kinda a lot, and there is no real need for headphone jack :neofox_evil:.  @iotar @NanoRaptor did they ever made one with reel to reel magentic tape storage?  @iotar @NanoRaptor what? no end-insert with paperclip eject?  @iotar @NanoRaptor would be #20PercentCooler if it was a #LTO9-Tape drive for up to 45TB of removeable storage to #backup even the girthiest of #FinalCut-Projects!  @iotar @NanoRaptor How timely. I was looking at pictures of cassette and CD players to see if there was a convention for button order. I’m making a music player with Play/Pause, Stop, Previous, and Next buttons, and I’m undecided between: 1. Prev, Play, Stop, Next #3 seems rational to me: Although using rewind and ffwd as brackets (#1) works visually for me too.  @oscherler @iotar @NanoRaptor @oscherler can i suggest a 4th option? prev, play, next, stop. i'm more used to cd and digital music players, so take that as you will. @industrial_cream Technically mine is a digital music player. The look is just cassette-inspired. So thanks. @oscherler that sounds awesome!! i started getting really into music just as cassettes were being phased out in the early 2000s, but i've always liked how the players look. no worries! @industrial_cream I’m making an MP3 player for my daughters, that plays music from an SD card, but you choose the playlist by inserting a “cassette” that has an RFID tag. This way, the small one doesn’t need to be able to read to choose her music. @oscherler that sounds even better (pun unintended) than what i was imagining! i read about this guy who did something similar for his kids, but with videos and an apple tv. he was inspired by vhs tapes and players. yours emulates the original device (a cassette player) way better imo.  |
@iotar @NanoRaptor 😂 Just imagine what will happen, if you eject a cassette.