Talk:Microcassette

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[edit] Images

Here are two images I've put in the commons that could be used in this article.--Malcohol 18:27, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

• These images are now available via the commons box in the article.--Malcohol 12:46, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Recording time error in the article

There is clearly an error in the article, but I've got no idea the right figures to use.

"The original standard microcassette, the MC60, gives 30 minutes recording per side at its standard speed of 1.2 cm/s, and twice the time at 2.4 cm/s."

A cassette cannot record 30 minutes at 1.2 cm/s and 60 minutes at 2.4 cm/s. It should either be half the recording time (15 minutes at 2.4 cm/s) or half the tape speed (60 minutes at 0.6 cm/s). I've got no idea how it should be, and the last time I used a MC player was years ago.

Anyone knows the right figures?

201.213.16.47 21:55, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Good observation. I've changed it to the more logical "half", but will check for sure some later.--Malcohol 11:10, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

I was given two GE Micro II microtapes, and was disappointed to learn they would NOT play in a modern micro-cassette tape recorder. They are 2 1/8" wide, and the modern tape player takes tapes 1 7/8" wide. Edspider (talk) 21:05, 13 April 2008 (UTC)