On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:39:07 -0800 (PST), "
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>On Jan 11, 1:50*pm, "biofilm" > wrote:
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>> > Won't be long and CD players will be just a old, quaint accessory at a
>> > future car show.
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>> >http://bottomline.msnbc.msn.com/_new...04-automakers-...
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>> Foxbody - some had cassett tape players
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>> remember 8 track tapes *--- very rare
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>> remember 4 track tapes ? *cant find them now.
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>> saw one car with a LP turntable in the middle, looong time ago.
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>Though each succeeding technology was better than the previous, it
>wasn't until CDs that stored music was decent. I hated 8-tracks and
>cassettes. Seemed just when you really wanted to hear your favorite
>music, suddenly the tape deck would eat it. You would try to pull it
>out and save it, but by the time you did you'd have twisted tape all
>over the damn car.

Yep. Remember how many stripped out cassets you could see along the
roads? 8 Track, which right in the middle of a song went kaa chunk.

digital is great. Very little space required. far superior to CD
storage and use.
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>Thank god for digital!
>
>Patrick
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>> I just put in a new player and use a small thumb drive, it has 30 hours of
>> music on it