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Cassette Futurism

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

At first, I thought this was a cut-down four-track recorder (like a TASCAM with way fewer knobs) which would have been an amazing value for the time. It's still a beauty though.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

Omg it’s gorgeous!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I might need this

… what is it?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

Looks like an Aiwa AD-4200, from around 1976 or so.

[–] Darohan 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Looks like a particularly fancy cassette deck, I think the keyboard-looking thing on the front is the play control buttons, they look very similar to the buttons on one I own. Edit: it is

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Now we're talkin'