Posted on 05/09/2014 10:07:31 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
That is technically enough to back up a person’s brain!!!
Suely one of the plants is digging out their blueprints from years ago...
http://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia/term/40750/data-cell
Are y0u kidding?
Are y0u a m0r0n?
The magnetic film strip was wound by mechanical means and kept in the round plastic cartridge seen beside the tape reel.
There was a follow on ot this box A real mechanical marvel....
Need another picture....different source:
...as Sony seems to not want to let people know what the read/write speeds are.
As the author here aptly questions
http://nofilmschool.com/2014/05/sonys-185-tb-cassette-is-the-future-of-storage-cassette-tape/
"First and foremost is the matter of read/write speed on these cassettes. How quickly will they record your data, and more importantly, how quickly will you be able to access your data if you need it in a pinch? Chances are that the answers to those questions arent all that positive, especially considering that current LTO tapes read/write speeds range from 150-400MB/s depending on the compression of the data being transferred."There is a reason tape drives went the wayside for most in IT once storage capacity on disc became cheaper...
And furthermore, I'm still pretty pissed off at Sony for killing HDDVD...
Your follow up picture posts do bring back some memories.
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