Mickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 4 days agoYou really have to reach back to remember how THIS worked in your carlemmy.worldimagemessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up1642arrow-down116
arrow-up1626arrow-down1imageYou really have to reach back to remember how THIS worked in your carlemmy.worldMickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 4 days agomessage-square65fedilink
minus-squarezurohki@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·4 days agoInstead of running a magnetic tape over the cassette player’s sensor, you put an electromagnet on it powered by the headphone jack. The cassette player just reads the magnetic field and doesn’t know any difference.
minus-squarestebo@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 days agodamn I thought it was writing the tape in real time that would be insane
Instead of running a magnetic tape over the cassette player’s sensor, you put an electromagnet on it powered by the headphone jack. The cassette player just reads the magnetic field and doesn’t know any difference.
damn I thought it was writing the tape in real time that would be insane