Cassette Futurism

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A place to share and discuss Cassette Futurism: media where the technology closely matches the computers and technology of the 70s and 80s.

Whether it's bright colors and geometric shapes, the tendency towards stark plainness, or the the lack of powerful computers and cell phones, Cassette Futurism includes: Cassettes, ROM chips, CRT displays, computers reminiscent of microcomputers like the Commodore 64, freestanding hi-fi systems, small LCD displays, and other analog technologies.

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"Separate Stereo Radio Cassette" Sanyo 1986 (64.media.tumblr.com)

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I cannot find any official reference to this model.

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Hi-res image: popular sizes
7 years old Tumblr post: Neon Talk
7 years old Facebook post: Facebook
TinEye says it was here on November 2015, but the link is broken ~~http://flickrhivemind.net/User/leonardo.bonanni/Interesting~~ and I don't see it on the archived page

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[–] _WC 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I couldn't find any reference to that either.

Not needed, this is clearly a render, and not of any real device either. It's a pastiche of retro elements in a nonfunctional, stylized arrangement. The "cassette" is a miniature rendering of full-sized reel-to-reel tape. The speakers are more mid-2000s era design language, and the colors are over-exaggerated for the era.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Not saying it's not a render, but there were real minicassettes with metal reels like that.