Subj : Re: 8-Track Vs Cassette
To   : Nightfox
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Sat Feb 26 2022 06:59:00

-=> Nightfox wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

 Ni> What is a "program"?  Does that mean 8-track tapes had 4 different
 Ni> recordings that you could switch between while it was playing?

The 8 tracks were separated into 4 stereo tracks, and they ran alongside 
each other on the tape. You could switch from one track to the other on the 
fly by the player moving the playback head vertically in relation to the 
tape. It had the result of splitting the album into 4 sections.


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