Not to be confused with the similar but incompatible Mini-Cassette format.
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Audio cassette format
Microcassette
A Microcassette is significantly smaller than a Compact Cassette
Media type
Magnetic cassette tape
Encoding
Analog signal
Capacity
MC60 (30 min per side at 2.4 cm/s) MC10 MC15 MC30
Readmechanism
Tape head
Writemechanism
Magnetic recording head
Developedby
Olympus
Usage
Dictation, audio storage
The Microcassette (often written generically as microcassette) is an audio storage medium, introduced by Olympus in 1969.
It has the same width of magnetic tape as the Compact Cassette but in a cassette roughly one quarter the size. By using thinner tape and half or a quarter the tape speed, microcassettes can offer comparable recording time to the compact cassette but in a smaller package.[citation needed]
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