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comment by coffeesp00ns

I see this as more useful for long term data storage than I see it as a competitor for mp3 players. I don't want to have to sift through 12 years worth of music to find the one song I want, so unless it had some sort of OS to sort through the music i think it would be really frustrating to use.





user-inactivated  ·  3861 days ago  ·  link  ·  
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rrrrr  ·  3860 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I think magnetic tape is still one of the best methods. But the drives to do it are not cheap since they're sold mainly to businesses.

user-inactivated  ·  3861 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Even if your player had an index of songs and their positions skipping around would still be inconvenient. Seek times for tapes are slow.