03-17-2011, 05:00 AM
decay wrote:
they were "programs," not "tracks."
the tape had 4 tracks of L & R channels, hence "8-track."
pressing the button or plunger shifted the head laterally along the tape, from one set of stereo tracks to the next.
Yup. And I used to sit there shifting to the next track every few seconds. Amazing the thing survived. (Oh wait, it didn't)