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Repairing An8-track Tape Cartridge
| Field | What field the skill applies to |
| Went Obsolete | Circa 1980 |
| Made Obsolete By | The advent of the Audio Cassette |
| Knowledge Assumed | Repairing a magnetic recording tape. Minor mechanical skills |
| When useful | The tapes broke or were damaged often enough by the player that knowing how to fix one saved you the money to replace it |
Before the days of the cassette, there was another tape format: the “8 Track.” 8-track tapes were more expensive than a vinyl album and were the first portable format usable in a vehicle.
It was a large, bulky continuous tape held in a plastic shell. The user would insert the cartridge into a player to hear the content. A metal tape tab running across the heads changed which track of the tape the read heads processed.
To learn this skill, go to 8-track heaven: http://www.8trackheaven.com/fixtape.html(approve sites)
