Square Reader Plays Audio Tape on iPod Touch

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Square Reader Plays Audio Tape on iPod Touch
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Using a slightly modified Square mag stripe reader, an RCA MODEL SRT-403 Tape Recorder, an iPod Touch, and requisite audio software, maker Evan Long got a modern digital media player to record and play back an obsolete paper reel-to-reel format from the late 1940s. [via HN]

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