It’s clearly much more sophisticated than the standard 8-track cartridge transport for consumer use at the time. This isn’t your grandfather’s 8-track. First, the tape does not appear to be ...

The system plays both sides of each tape cartridge through to completion ... If you want dig into the workings of an 8-track player, check out Jenny List’s retro teardown from 2017.

An earlier magnetic tape cartridge technology introduced by Lear Jet in 1964 as Stereo 8, although widely known by its 8-track moniker. Stereo 8 was an 8-track version of the 4-track Muntz ...