There's still TAPE drives out there, but nowhere near as many as there were, and they're expensive.

You could make a Walkman; it'd cost $3-10k each.

rbanffy 28 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Tape now is very niche - it’s for data archival purposes, and often only exists for regulatory reasons. This is why it is ludicrously expensive- it only needs to be cheaper than the next credible commercially available alternative, which only needs to offset the risk of going to jail for malicious malpractice.

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johncoltrane an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

There are lots of portable cassette players on the market, starting at 20€ or less.

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geon an hour ago | parent [-]

Only low quality. But yes, building better quality shouldn’t cost $ 10k

	▲	rbanffy 34 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		They are as good as the price the market wants to pay for them. There is a match at $20, but not much more than that.