The only components in the Square card reader are a head from a tape player and a 1/8″ microphone jack. The magnetic head in the Square card reader is positioned to only read track two.

If you want to read something from magnetic tape, you need a tape head, right? Or you could do like [Igor Brichkov] and make your own. It looks surprisingly simple. He used a washer with a small sl… ...

Modular and upgradeable systems This single-tape head system is an upgrade to the existing Robotic multi-tape AFP work-cell that Mikrosam delivered to the University seven years ago. For over a decade ...

Nearly half a century later, the demo tape for Talking Heads' "Psycho Killer" has found its way back to RISD, a full-circle ...