This was cutting edge tech… I remember the excitement of replacing floppy discs with CDRs…

  • The screwdriver is not for the tape. It’s for adjusting the audio head so it can pick up the data on the tape.

    When someone gave you a tape with some nice games on it there was a near 100% chance you needed to adjust your datasette to read them.

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        A flathead is still a screwdriver, is it not?

        It was a Philips screw IIRC. You can also use a flathead screwdriver on them but you shouldn’t IMHO.