I tried to record music onto a cassette tape using modern tech

I've always been a fan of retro tech, and this became even more true after AI swooped in and removed the soul and passion of all modern technology. I often go to my local second-hand stores to look at their games section in search of old gems, but I also pass by their electronics section because that's usually where they put the retro consoles themselves. This time however I found something much cooler: a 1978 Panasonic RQ-2106 shoebox cassette tape recorder for less than 10 euros. I remembered that my dad used to have this huge cassette deck that I was always playing with despite having no idea what the knobs did, so I couldn't let this one pass. I happened to already have a Five Finger Death Punch cassette that I got on another occasion, so I could use that to test it out. After popping in the batteries, I was very happy to see that it still worked perfectly apart from the fast-forward button acting a bit weird. This made me appreciate how things were built to last back then; my…