Picocassette

Picocassette

Picocassette

Audio cassette format

Picocassette is an audio storage medium introduced by Dictaphone in collaboration with JVC in 1985.

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The Picocassette was introduced to compete with the Microcassette, introduced by Olympus, and the Mini-Cassette, by Philips.

Size

A picocassette compared to a Compact cassette

It is approximately half the size of the previous Microcassette, and was intended for highly portable dictation devices.[1] With a tape speed of 9 mm/s, each cassette could hold up to 60 minutes of dictation,[2] 30 minutes per side. The signal-to-noise ratio was 35 dB. The widest dimension of the picocassette was near 42 mm (1.7 in).

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Picocassette (1985 - late 1980s)". 23 January 2015.
  2. [2]
    "Technology: The Tiniest Tape Ever " May 27, 1985, Time.com, Retrieved 2010-04-06


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