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- From: sbradley@scic.intel.com (Seth Bradley)
- Subject: Re: Help!
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.150211.12980@scic.intel.com>
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- Organization: Intel Corporation
- References: <1992Nov14.202759.15031@sol.ctr.columbia.edu> <1992Nov18.185115.17816@tellab5.tellabs.com> <1992Nov19.230811.20378@bilver.uucp>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 15:02:11 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov19.230811.20378@bilver.uucp> bill@bilver.uucp (Bill Vermillion) writes:
- >Oh - you say I forgot the 5th format. Well, it was a quad
- >cassette. Philips was quite farsighted in the original compact
- >cassette design. By keeping the tracks in the same relative
- >position - not interleaved as in reel-reel stereo, Philips quad
- >entry was compatible. Quad played on stereo and played on
- >mono.
-
- You forgot one - quadraphonic 8-track. It still had 8 tracks
- but only two programs, and used a double long tape. I actually
- had one of these in my '68 Chevelle. I think I was only able
- to find a handful of quad cartridges, however.
-
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- Seth J. Bradley, Senior System Administrator, Intel SCIC
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