1 Oct
2019
1 Oct
'19
6:28 p.m.
On 10/1/19 5:22 PM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
1/2" Magnetic tape is quite resilient, even when stored improperly (e.g.
full of mold).
--Chuck
Both better
have backups. Paper tape doesn't do well in fires and floods.
I remember Mylar punched tape. That stuff is amazingly strong and waterproof. I've
seen it for paper tapes that were intended to be read thousands of times -- OS boot tapes
for example, or the correction data tape for an instrument in my father's lab.
DECtape is pretty waterproof; there have been reports of reels accidentally being run
through the laundry and coming out perfectly readable afterwards.