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.
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Rade0nfighter@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Like how did these even work??
zurohki@aussie.zone 10 months ago
stebo02@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
damn I thought it was writing the tape in real time that would be insane
Mickey7@lemmy.world 10 months ago
You shoved the cassette into your car radio and plugged the other end into a cd player
peopleproblems@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Computer Engineer here, studied QED and E&M.
This is the most accurate answer
ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 10 months ago
The player reads a magnetic tape. Put the same stuff inside the cassette and reverse it, now the player reads a reader.
burgersc12@mander.xyz 10 months ago
Technology connections explains it very well
Rade0nfighter@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Great explanation I get it now!