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I made a drive to store files like 40 years ago –.but for ants [video] (youtube.com)
trinsic2 5 days ago [-]
That is insane. LOL. I forgot how hard it is to read data off tape. Its good that people are reconstructing what it was like back then because it helps us think about how we are designing technology in the present. Plus with everyone doing the AI craze. its good people I still using their brains.
rasz 5 days ago [-]
Its not hard with some prior research. Magnetic media stores flux transitions, flips = digital, not analog signals so no adc/dac like here.
karakot 5 days ago [-]
Thank you for posting it, made my morning.
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