Introduced by Philips in 1965, the "Compact Cassette" offered an alternative ... The progenitor of the digital music player, the tape-based Walkman was extremely popular during the 1980s.

ioulex In 1979, when Sony introduced the Walkman—a 14-ounce cassette player, blue and silver with buttons that made a satisfying chunk when pushed—even the engineers inside Sony weren’t ...