[Boatanchors] A Global Shortage of Magnetic Tape Leaves Cassette Fans Reeling - WSJ

Rob Atkinson ranchorobbo at gmail.com
Sun Nov 5 05:38:40 EST 2017


Somewhere around here I have a package of TDK blank cassettes if I
didn't toss them out at some point.  See what happens when you hang on
to regular mundane things?  Someday people will be paying $50 for a
styrofoam cup.

Rob
K5UJ



On Sat, Nov 4, 2017 at 11:18 PM, Robert Nickels <ranickel at comcast.net> wrote:
> Here's a great 3 minute video that shows the effort one company in
> Springfield, MO is putting into keeping one of those obsolete technologies
> viable:
>
> https://www.wsj.com/articles/cassettes-are-making-a-comeback-but-there-s-a-kink-nobody-makes-tape-1509723435
>
> 73, Bob W9RAN
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