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It always amazed me that someone thought of and developed the 8 track mechanism before someone though of simply scaling down reel to reel and enclosing them in a cassette.
There actually was a 2 track {4 track stero} type "cassette/cartridge" player before or maybe the same time as the 8 tracks
I got one from my Aunt with a Herman's Hermits & Animals 2 track tape,
both that looked allot like a cassette of later years...
sorry not actual photo's, I think it was a Tandy Brand, might have been a Cobra or Toshiba maybe
from someplace like RadioShack maybe ??