On Fri, Aug 2, 2019, 7:23 AM Stewart C. Russell via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
> On 2019-08-01 11:09 p.m., D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > > > > - punch cards and paper tape: 100 years > > > > - 9-track mag tape: 10 years > Would this form factor be sized like commercial 8 track audio tape with an extra track squeezed in for sync? I recall my musical friends in the 80's were buying four track cassette recorders with simultaneous synchronization. They used standard stereo cassettes which played back two channels in stereo and you flipped it over to play the other two. One popular brand recorder was Fostex, it used both sides of the cassette at once. You could record three channels, then mix down to one, play back and simultaniously record another two over top and mix again, then run the audio through the unit mixer and balance the output to stereo, then line out to for either dub recording or live playback. > > Good luck getting a reader for any of these now. At least the paper > media is scannable. > Chances are if you have the data on tape, you already have the reader. These folks will repair or replace your equipment. > > https://www.repairmytapedrive.com/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwvo_qBRDQARIsAE-bsH-VNiWSUGLvKmlIQ0lWVT8pBZ5qIC4eNFmH5d63HKJlS02HWZsBRzIaAlHnEALw_wcB It may seem out of date, but there is still a strong business case for maintaining the original archive records on original format, as well as a copy transferred to newer media, depending on the importance of the dataset itself. > > Stewart > > --- > Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org > Unsubscribe from this mailing list > https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk >
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