{"id":3072,"date":"2015-11-22T14:11:55","date_gmt":"2015-11-22T14:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/41j.com\/blog\/?p=3072"},"modified":"2015-11-22T14:11:55","modified_gmt":"2015-11-22T14:11:55","slug":"the-repeater-cp-33-repeat-card-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/41j.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/the-repeater-cp-33-repeat-card-player\/","title":{"rendered":"The Repeater – CP-33 Repeat Card Player"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I found this thing in the Akihabara Hardoff store. I had no idea what is was but figured for 540Yen (~5USD) it was worth a look. From the limited information I’ve been able to find it appears to be part of a card based learning system. The user swipes creditcard like cards through the device, which reads the magstrip and plays back an audio recording. As far as I can tell the device is used for flashcards. Perhaps a Japanese word might be written on the card and the user would have to guess the English. They can then place the card in the device to hear the audio.<\/p>\n

The player pulls the card through the read system at a constant speed. It then reads the card and samples the audio, as the name suggests it can repeatedly replay the audio track.<\/p>\n

I though this was an interesting analogue storage\/digital playback device designed right at the cusp of our transition from analogue to digital media. I’d guess this particular player was built in the early 90s, though I couldn’t see a data code. It’s also interesting the it uses a TI part (TMS3477NL) this appears to have been specifically design for audio recording and playback.<\/p>\n

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