There have been plenty of iconic gadget releases throughout the years, but none are quite as legendary as the Sony Walkman.

Of course, if you’re driving a classic antique auto with a tape technology even older than the compact cassette, there are still a few Bluetooth-enabled options for you as well.

My first stop was to find an engineering drawing of the Compact Cassette format, designed by Phillips back in 1963. I could always measure the tapes in front of me, but for something like this ...

the "Compact Cassette" offered an alternative to the much larger vinyl record player as well as the 8-track cartridge. Not only was the drive battery-operated and portable, the tape was recordable ...

In the spring of 1968, the year that I turned 24, Philips held an announcement to unveil the compact cassette tape. Back then popular audiotapes consisted of the 8-track cartridge and 4-track ...