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   🅵 (fedor@todon.nl)'s status on Thursday, 05-Feb-2026 08:53:56 JST 🅵

   • Thomas 🔭🕹️

   @thomasfuchs

   Same cassette, same result. 😃
   Tape hasn't been played for 35 years at least.

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     Bram Moreinis (bmoreinis@federated.press)'s status on Thursday, 05-Feb-2026 10:06:08 JST Bram Moreinis

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs OMG is it 50 years since Oxygene? Damn, I'm old.

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     Michael Simons (rotnroll666@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 05-Feb-2026 22:34:15 JST Michael Simons

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     • Greg Woods

     @thomasfuchs Oxygene that old?!

     And hell no.

     @gjmwoods ^^ right up your alley

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     Greg Woods (gjmwoods@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 05-Feb-2026 22:34:15 JST Greg Woods

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     • Michael Simons

     @rotnroll666 @thomasfuchs Had the exact same thought myself. I picked up this 1978 Dutch made boombox which still works. Next level engineering

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     julf (julf@social.secret-wg.org)'s status on Thursday, 05-Feb-2026 22:34:36 JST julf

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     • Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK
     • Thomas 🔭🕹️
     • Eli the Bearded

     @vfrmedia @elithebearded @thomasfuchs As long as you don't leave the vinyl in the sun...

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     Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK (vfrmedia@social.tchncs.de)'s status on Thursday, 05-Feb-2026 22:34:37 JST Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK

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     • julf

     @elithebearded @julf @thomasfuchs

     you have to do the same with magnetic tape, which can degrade in various ways, although cassettes can hold up quite well if kept in good condition. vinyl records seem to be the most resilient media, but aren't that portable (I was a DJ during the 90s, and hauled around many boxes of them!)

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     Eli the Bearded (elithebearded@fed.qaz.red)'s status on Thursday, 05-Feb-2026 22:34:44 JST Eli the Bearded

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     • julf

     @vfrmedia @julf @thomasfuchs

     That "keep an eye on these over the years" doing a lot of heavy lifting

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     Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK (vfrmedia@social.tchncs.de)'s status on Thursday, 05-Feb-2026 22:34:45 JST Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK

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     • julf

     @elithebearded @julf @thomasfuchs

     You would have to download it in a suitable format and store it on your own SD-cards or other storage media, and keep an eye on these over the years. So not so different from the cassette, but with no generation loss and physically smaller (be careful not to mislay some smaller storage media!)

     I have to do this anyway to listen to music in the car, as every streaming app and the navi sound announcements fight (the transition between the two is jarring to the point of being a distraction when driving), and the music apps randomly blare out the music from the phone loudspeaker at full volume when I leave the car (often late at night), but SD card playback works well (can't use USB as the socket is occupied by an Android Auto wifi converter)

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     Eli the Bearded (elithebearded@fed.qaz.red)'s status on Thursday, 05-Feb-2026 22:34:52 JST Eli the Bearded

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     • julf

     @julf @thomasfuchs

     Where exactly is that "there" in this scenario?

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     julf (julf@social.secret-wg.org)'s status on Thursday, 05-Feb-2026 22:34:55 JST julf

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs No, the streaming services will have gone, but the music, in full lossless digital quality will still be there.

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     I AM BANKSY ☕ / 🗑‍🔥 (xinit@mastodon.coffee)'s status on Thursday, 05-Feb-2026 22:40:52 JST I AM BANKSY ☕ / 🗑‍🔥

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs My first thought was that you were saying 1998 was 50 years ago, and I just wasn't ready for that this morning.

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     Greg Woods (gjmwoods@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 06-Feb-2026 00:10:23 JST Greg Woods

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     • Michael Simons

     @rotnroll666 @thomasfuchs I think I just lost a bidding war on eBay for the same machine 😂

     They are so much nicer. All the switches make satisfying clicks when you press them.

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     Michael Simons (rotnroll666@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 06-Feb-2026 00:10:24 JST Michael Simons

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️
     • Greg Woods

     @thomasfuchs @gjmwoods How is that stuff so much nicer than what we have today?