In a Dutch eulogy I read yesterday it has the anecdote of him showing a wooden block that would fit in the inside pocket of his jacket and decided for the team: this is how small the music cassette should be. He also quickly negotiated with Sony when they started to copy the design to make Philips' design the universal standard.
Edit: Found this quote in Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape (2016):
"You can credit me with a few ideas. But the designers developed the device. I haven't done anything special. "
In a Dutch eulogy I read yesterday it has the anecdote of him showing a wooden block that would fit in the inside pocket of his jacket and decided for the team: this is how small the music cassette should be. He also quickly negotiated with Sony when they started to copy the design to make Philips' design the universal standard.
Edit: Found this quote in Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape (2016): "You can credit me with a few ideas. But the designers developed the device. I haven't done anything special. "