Was Beta as good as or better than reel to reel?

Although I am 46, I remember the mini 8 track tape, anybody else ???

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Viridian, I'm older than you are. After Googling the wire recorder, I feel very fortunate to experience the audio wonders of the 21st century.

Slikric, never heard of the mini 8 track tape. Googled it, and it was one weird animal.
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I googled it also but I don't remember it folding, but then again I was only 7 yrs. old.

I'm 56. What's googling?

Before the car 8 track players there was a brief period of time when they made 4 track units. They didn't have the pinch roller in the tape, but it came up out of the deck to hold the tape against the head. I had the first one in my area and had to have a 12 volt battery in my trunk to play it in my 1952 Dodge.