Reel to reel tape in a standard mini-cassette

Teac briefly sold a standard tape cassette that opened to allow the listener to swap out its tiny little reels. This made for an ultracompact music collection--dozens of albums in a pocketable pouch--but it didn't take off.

A look at an unusual cross between an open reel tape and the compact cassette. As far as I know the O'Casse was only available in Japan. - you can usually them on ebay https://goo.gl/XW6kx8 (at great expense) alongside the brilliant Sony WM-D6C Walkman

It's interesting just how many ways they tried to get performance and professional-grade utility out of this trash-ass media format and I'm so glad it's back in fashion.