Cassette Futurism

3187 readers

2 users here now

Welcome to Cassette Futurism Lemmy and Mbin Community.

A place to share and discuss Cassette Futurism: media where the technology closely matches the computers and technology of the 70s and 80s.

Whether it's bright colors and geometric shapes, the tendency towards stark plainness, or the the lack of powerful computers and cell phones, Cassette Futurism includes: Cassettes, ROM chips, CRT displays, computers reminiscent of microcomputers like the Commodore 64, freestanding hi-fi systems, small LCD displays, and other analog technologies.

See this blog to know more.

Rules

1. Post must be related to Cassette Futurism.
1. If you want to repost atleast wait 3 months.
1. No AI or permabanned.

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

136

Panasonic AJ-LT85, 1997 (quokk.au)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

9 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

dual Zip drives

Aren't those tapes or something

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

You’re right, DVC would make more sense.

Edit: yeah I’m not sure a zip disk could even fit in that enclosure lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Zips were also waaaay too slow to edit video on. So there’d be no need to have 2.