Jeez. I found a couple boxes packed away that contain...

MX2

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...about 300 cassette tapes. I feel like my Mom when I made fun of her 8-track tapes:laugh:
 

Ronstang

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My dad still has a 6 tape 8 track player in the garage and a bunch of tapes from the stone age he listens to when he is out there working on something.
 

Bryophyte

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I've got a box in the closet full of music cassettes too. I keep meaning to go through it, write down anything I might want to replace, and chuck the lot. Somehow, it never gets done...
 

So

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I have a drawer full, plus a few boxes full of VHS.

My folks still have boxes full of slides in caddies.
 

OutHouse

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Originally posted by: Ronstang
My dad still has a 6 tape 8 track player in the garage and a bunch of tapes from the stone age he listens to when he is out there working on something.

why do older eletronics like that last longer than what is made now?
 

eplebnista

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Originally posted by: Citrix
Originally posted by: Ronstang
My dad still has a 6 tape 8 track player in the garage and a bunch of tapes from the stone age he listens to when he is out there working on something.

why do older eletronics like that last longer than what is made now?

They were more expensive and made to be repaired, not replaced.
 

Pepsi90919

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Originally posted by: Citrix
Originally posted by: Ronstang
My dad still has a 6 tape 8 track player in the garage and a bunch of tapes from the stone age he listens to when he is out there working on something.

why do older eletronics like that last longer than what is made now?

they don't.
 

Alone

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I've got a huge box full of VHS. I remember when the DVD era started, I thought I would never switch because I already had so many tapes.

That didn't last long.