31 Jan
2017
31 Jan
'17
2:52 p.m.
On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 1:11 AM, Pontus Pihlgren <pontus at update.uu.se>
wrote:
On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 07:41:59PM -0500, Michael
Thompson wrote:
Yes indeed! It brings to mind a paper I read a couple of years ago, J. F.
(2011). A material history of bits. *Journal of the American Society for
Information Science and Technology*, *62*(6), 1042-1057. Underneath the
abstractions there are physical phenomena - such as magnetic domains on a
tape. Cheers -- Ian
--
Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate
The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu>
Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnical
Narrative Through a Design Lens
Archivist, Voices From the Rwanda Tribunal <http://tribunalvoices.org>
Value Sensitive Design Research Lab <http://vsdesign.org>
University of Washington
There is an old Vulcan saying: "Only Nixon could go to China."
We applied some Magnetic Developer to a piece of
LINCtape and can see the
tracks. You can clearly see the extra space between the Mark and Data
tracks. When we can get access to a microscope with an attached camera we
should be able to see the bits.
This time with a link:
[snip]
http://www.ricomputermuseum.org/Home/equipment/dec-pdp-12/
dec-pdp-12-restoration-blog-starting-1117
Fascinating work though :) It looks really cool.
/P