What if the Compact Cassette Tape, had a competing magnetic tape device, that was similar, but incompatable. Akin to the VHS vs. Betamax format war.
What effect would this have?
What effect would this have?
From a quick glance at Wikipedia, the most likely candidates are the 8-track:
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereo_8) and the microcassette (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microcassette), the latter of which is still found in some voice-recording/dictation machines. (Digital recording is more common now tho').
From a quick glance at Wikipedia, the most likely candidates are the 8-track:
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereo_8) and the microcassette (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microcassette), the latter of which is still found in some voice-recording/dictation machines. (Digital recording is more common now tho').
I think the MiniDisc is a good candidate. There are links to articles about other recording mediums at the bottom of that article.