30 Dec
2009
30 Dec
'09
12:43 a.m.
It wouldn't have taken much of a "surge" really to partially erase part of
the data due to the heads always being in contact with the tape.
On Dec 29, 2009, at 2:43 PM, Cameron Kaiser wrote:
Oh, then there
was that thing about the tape drive wiping out tapes
when they were left in the drive when the power was switched off (or
was it on?).
On, IIRC. It caused such a surge that the tape would be partially erased.
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