Cassette Futurism

2653 readers

202 users here now

Welcome to Cassette Futurism Lemmy and Mbin Community.

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.

See this blog to know more.

Rules

1. Post must be related to Cassette Futurism.
1. If you want to repost atleast wait 3 months.
1. No AI or permabanned.

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

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

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

4 comments fedilink hide all child comments

I cannot find any official reference to this model.

Sources:

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

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

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

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