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Tape-recorders

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The idea behind tape-recording is straightforward enough, and work on simple magnetic recorders was going on as early as 1900. In the first systems a steel wire was used as the recording medium, but today magnetic tape is universal.

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© 1996 John Watson

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Watson, J. (1996). Tape-recorders. In: Mastering Electronics. Macmillan Master Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14210-1_18

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