For this week’s Hack Chat, we’re talking about reverse engineering the Digital Compact Cassette. Why should we care about an obsolete format that was only on the market for four years?

Unlike MiniDisc and Digital Compact Cassette (DCC), a competing format from Phillips and Matsushita that used the analog ...

There have been plenty of iconic gadget releases throughout the years, but none are quite as legendary as the Sony Walkman.

Introduced by Philips in 1965, the "Compact Cassette" offered ... many of the first personal computers allowed audio cassette recorders to function as digital storage. Never widely used, their ...