22 Jun
2005
22 Jun
'05
10:15 p.m.
On Wed, 22 Jun 2005, Fred Cisin wrote:
More seriously, how about a semi-automated process to read the
data *optically* from severely damaged tapes?
Drag the tape slowly, oxide up, coat with colloidal FeO, run it
past a camera. Post-processed video data could be 'decoded', bad
spots stopped at, manually interpolated/ repaired (human visual
acuity is pretty damn good).
It USETA be readily available from professional video
places for lining up
reel to reel tape and splicing it without losing synch.
HEY HEY HEY we have standards here! THat's spelled YOUSTA. Get
with duh program.
pattern? You
couldn't program a new tape with it.
... but with sufficient time and effort, you could MANUALLY
read the tape :-)
How long would an entire tape take?