Here’s a weird bit of dead media: a Smith-Corona audio-letter that used a “Letterpack cartridge” (which appears to be a 3.5″ floppy disc) to record and play back personal voice-letters sent by post. The apparatus is a fascinating dead branch in design history, something that looks like it might be descended from a desktop intercom

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Smith-Corona’s voice letters by post: dead media

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