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Re:Modern Cassette Walkmans by ofrzeta on Tuesday December 09, 2025 @08:47AM (#46204873)
You mean like the Zip drive? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zip_drive
Re:Modern Cassette Walkmans by actionfromafar on Tuesday December 09, 2025 @09:22AM (#46205197)
In principle, maybe, but Zip disks were errorprone, didn't store music for portable players, and were rather large and cumbersome. Minidiscs were even smaller than floppies and more robust.