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Dead Media
8 Track Cartridge tape
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Halloween 2023 Display on obsolete computer and audio/visual media
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Needle Card (aka edge-notched card)
Punch Card
Floppies of various sizes
Zip Disk
Optical Discs
USB Flash Drive
Audio/Visual
Lantern slide
Celluloid slide
(Grooved) Audio disks
Reel to reel audio tape
Audio Cassette
8 Track Cartridge tape
Micro cassette
VHS Tape
16 mm film
35 mm microfilm
Quick Statistics
8 Track Cartridge Tape
media
First available
Last popular
Storage
8 Track cartridge tape
~1965
1979
~90 minutes on four "tracks"
8-Track Tape
8-track tapes stored audio on a long length of magnetic film.
An 8-track tape
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