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    Western Electric mirrophone - photo

    Western Electric "Mirrophone", a one-minute continuous loop wire recorder/playback machine from the 1940s.


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    We called them Recorded Announcement Machines. Multiple sound tracks with the same audio. That reduced the delay before the message starts.

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    Would this have been the predecessor to 4 track carts?



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