Audio Cassette

File Format
Name	Audio Cassette
Ontology	Physical File Formats Magnetic tape Audio Cassette

AKA Compact Cassette

Types

• Type I audio cassette
• Type II audio cassette
• Type IV audio cassette
• Microcassette

Audio quality

• Cassette bias and equalization
• Dolby noise reduction
• Head alignment (azimuth)

Data formats

A number of early personal computers used audio cassettes to store programs and data.

• Apple II data cassette
• Atari data cassette
• Colour Genie data cassette
• Commodore data cassette
• Exidy Sorcerer data cassette
• IBM PC data cassettee
• KIM-1 data cassette
• SOL-20 data cassette
• TRS-80 data cassette
• Video Genie data cassette
• ZX Spectrum BLK format data cassette

Sticky-shed syndrome

Sticky-shed syndrome is a condition created by the deterioration of the binders in a magnetic tape, which hold the iron oxide magnetizable coating to its plastic carrier.

Resources

• Compact Cassette (Wikipedia)
• Sticky-shed syndrome
• Sony ceases production on cassette player/recorders
• Discussion on digitizing audio cassettes with a Macintosh