{"id":56,"date":"2025-09-26T21:12:51","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T21:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/historyoftech.mcclurken.org\/cassettes\/?page_id=56"},"modified":"2025-11-06T07:20:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T07:20:14","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/historyoftech.mcclurken.org\/cassettes\/?page_id=56","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='pt-cv-wrapper'> <div class=\"pt-cv-view pt-cv-onebig iscvblock iscvreal above-others onebig1 layout1\" id=\"pt-cv-view-8o127bnp\"><div data-id=\"pt-cv-page-1\" class=\"pt-cv-page\" data-cvc=\"1\"><div class=\" pt-cv-content-item pt-cv-1-col cv-main-post\" ><div class=\"pt-cv-thumb-wrapper  \"><a href=\"https:\/\/historyoftech.mcclurken.org\/cassettes\/?p=268\" class=\"_self pt-cv-href-thumbnail pt-cv-thumb-default\" target=\"_self\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"490\" src=\"https:\/\/historyoftech.mcclurken.org\/cassettes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/philips_cd_extra_080417-768x490.jpg\" class=\"pt-cv-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"pt-cv-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/historyoftech.mcclurken.org\/cassettes\/?p=268\" class=\"_self\" target=\"_self\" >The Inventor: Lou Ottens<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/div> <style>\n#pt-cv-view-8o127bnp {text-align: center}#pt-cv-view-8o127bnp .pt-cv-thumb-wrapper {margin-left: auto; 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