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The RCA tape cartridge (labeled the RCA Sound Tape Cartridge [1]) is a magnetic tape audio format that was designed to offer stereo quarter-inch reel-to-reel tape recording quality in a convenient format for the consumer market. [2] It was introduced in 1958, following four years of development. [3]
The phrase cartridge tape is also ambiguous with 36 different types of audio, [4] video [5] or data [6] cartridges listed at The Museum of Obsolete Media. From time to time the terms tape cartridge and tape cassette are used to describe the same product.
1958 RCA tape cartridge (Sound Tape) (Magazine Loading Cartridge) The cassette format created by RCA Analog, 1 ⁄ 4 inch wide tape (stereo & mono), 3 + 3 ⁄ 4 in/s & 1.875 in/s, one of the first attempts to offer reel-to-reel tape recording quality in a convenient format for the consumer market 1959 NAB Cart Tape
In 1958, following four years of development, RCA introduced the RCA tape cartridge, which enclosed 60 minutes (30 minutes per side) of stereo quarter-inch reel-to-reel tape within a plastic cartridge that could be utilized on a compatible tape recorder/player without having to thread the tape through the machine. [11]
The 8-track tape (formally Stereo 8; commonly called eight-track cartridge, eight-track tape, and eight-track) is a magnetic-tape sound recording technology that was popular [2] from the mid-1960s until the early 1980s, when the compact cassette, which pre-dated the 8-track system, surpassed it in popularity for pre-recorded music. [3] [4] [5]
Fidelipac is the official name of this industry standard audio tape cartridge. It was developed in 1954 [1] [2] by inventor George Eash [3] [4] (although the invention of the Fidelipac cartridge has also been credited to Vern Nolte of the Automatic Tape Company [5] [6]), and commercially introduced in 1959 by Collins Radio Co. at the 1959 NAB ...
The first consumer tape recorder to employ a tape reel permanently housed in a small removable cartridge was the RCA tape cartridge, which appeared in 1958 as a predecessor to the cassette format. At that time, reel-to-reel recorders and players were commonly used by enthusiasts but required large individual reels and tapes which had to be ...
The Muntz Stereo-Pak, commonly known as the 4-track cartridge, [1] is a magnetic tape sound recording cartridge technology. The Stereo-Pak cartridge was inspired by the Fidelipac 2-track monaural (audio & cue tracks, later 3-track for stereo) tape cartridge system invented by George Eash in 1954 and used by radio broadcasters for commercials ...