Endless-loop tape cartridge
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== Types of endless-loop tape cartridges == | == Types of endless-loop tape cartridges == | ||
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* [[8-Track]] | * [[8-Track]] | ||
* [[Echo-matic]] (Cousino tape cartridge) | * [[Echo-matic]] (Cousino tape cartridge) | ||
* [[Orrtronics 8-Track]] | * [[Orrtronics 8-Track]] | ||
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An endless-loop tape cartridge contrasts with an Audio Cassette or Video Cassette in that, while those formats have a strip of tape that starts on one spool within the cassette and is unreeled from it onto a second spool as the tape plays, ultimately reaching the opposite end from which it then must be either rewound or flipped over to play the other side if it is a two-sided medium (as are audio but not video cassettes). On the other hand, endless-loop tapes can play continuously, as the "end" is attached to the "beginning". The 8-Track tape is the main form of this which was used, but a few other systems were devised with similar characteristics.
[edit] Types of endless-loop tape cartridges
- 4-Track
- 8-Track
- Echo-matic (Cousino tape cartridge)
- Orrtronics 8-Track
