>I remember them too.
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Me too. What gawd-awful pieces of crap. The first time you played one you started the destructive process (stretching). Thank God I think they've all self destructed by now (by self magnetizing if nothing else).

>>What's the big deal? There is an 8 track tape player in my shiny new Ferrari. You wouldn't believe what they charged me for it.
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>>Here is how ancient I am (as my loving younger daughter would put it) -- I actually remember 8 track tapes. Now there was a kludge, even at the time.
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