On 10/8/24 19:17, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
On Wed, 9 Oct 2024, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
It's a round piece of magtape material that
wasn't long enough to make a
tape.
Heh--that's a pretty accurate description. Invented in the 1950s for
audio recording.
https://ftldesign.com/Timex/
https://colab.ws/articles/10.1109%2FJRPROC.1961.287786
I'd say that it's all about the holes.
--Chuck