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Who and when invented cassette box?

Regarding Elcaset, I guess this is the smallest tape recorder for this format. Definitely not a Walkman :) Also, the keep box is a simplest type like most VHS tapes used.

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Anyone knows how this cassette box is called, the red one on the picture? I suppose this is a some sort of professional format, cheap and intended for the least amount of space taken.

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Sony had other unique ideas in the '70s, such as their "Auto-Sensor" cassettes which had a metal foil strip on the leader to automatically stop the recorder and sound a rather shrill alarm to remind you that you've reached the end of the tape:

 
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