Half a century later, magnetic tape remains surprisingly well-used in government. NASA uses it to back up vast amounts of ...

The comment doesn’t include any context as to what tape technology was used (reel-to-reel or cartridge), how long it took to ...

Back in the early days of the home computer revolution, data was commonly saved on tape. Even better ... a cassette deck, or an old reel-to-reel. This build should work fairly well on all of ...

What seems at first like a logical move to modernize the government's archives may in fact be an ill-advised decision.

President Trump's DOGE team, headed by Elon Musk, claims to have saved $1 million by ditching 70-year-old tape data storage.

long reel of 1/2″ (12.5 mm) wide magnetic tape which recorded data on eight separate tracks. The DTR could record at two different speeds – 115.2 kbps and 7.2 kbps. Playback topped out at a ...