I know what it means. Does that make me old?
When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser. Socrates aware of it too and make me old if still use?
I know what it means!!!! Im 21 so i think im one of the last generation to remember cassettes, and cartridge games etc
rewinding a tape...
-Find a pen or pencil that has multiple sides (six or eight).
-Insert the pencil into one of the two holes in the cassette that would normally fit over the posts in the base unit.
-Hold the cassette in one hand while you twirl the pencil with your fingers, always turning it toward the center of the cassette. The angles of the sides should engage the sprockets and move the reel.
-Once you have a smooth motion established, change the pencil to a vertical position (straight up and down) and rotate your wrist rapidly to make the whole cassette swing round and round the pencil. Spinning the cassette is a lot faster and less tiring then twirling the pencil with your fingers.
-Return the cassette to the player and see if it will now fast-forward and rewind by the other means
And if the pen/cil was too small you had to do it at an angle :-/ I'm getting on a bit now.
I think the worst about the pencil rewind method was if you had a kink (not that kind) in the tape or it got twisted and you didn't realise, you had to take the tape out again, untwist and wind up again. And then when your tape died because you played it to death, that was pretty nasty if you didn't copy it.
I remember the manual rewind. It also worked on videos but you needed a magic marker. And of course I still have an original mains powered casio calculator.