In this video I take a look at a very unusual cassette that I bought way back in the 1980s. The brand of this tape is Computron.

If I recall correctly, I think I bought a 3 pack of these blank tapes way back around 1984. I think I found them in a bargain shop, located in a mall I used to go to frequently. Funny enough, I have seen a few videos on YouTube that talk about this tape. So, I decided to make my own video.

Many people wonder because of the brand name, was this tape intended strictly for use with home computers? Was that the main reason why it was produced? Well, first of all, I highly doubt that. To begin with, many software tapes back in the day were very short (under 5 minutes). Usually the data to load a program was quite short, so it would not be necessary to use a 60 or 90 minute tape for that purpose. I have a feeling that whoever made these tapes just thought it would be a cool name (keep in mind this was the dawn of home computing, and anything futuristic was considered pretty cool).

In this video I do a little test on this tape, just to test how it sounds. I have a feeling it will sound like pretty much every other low budget normal bias cassette.

Please check out my other video where I discuss those cheap 3 packs of blank cassettes that were very common back in the day. I bought many of them.

Have you ever owned or used this cassette? What did you think of it? Did you buy lots of 3 packs of blank tapes? Do you know anything about the company that made these? Feel free to leave a comment!

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