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Save the Whales!

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    Save the Whales!

    And lose your magnetic recording tape.

    http://home.comcast.net/~mrltapes/pubshed3.pdf

    That one's borked, try this one instead:

    http://mrltapes.com/pubshed3.pdf

    Apparently, prior to the 1970s they used whale oil in the binder that keeps the magnetic coating on the tape.

    Then they introduced urethane as an "improvement".
    Last edited by zeitghost; 18 April 2017, 11:00.

    #2
    Damn new fangled stuff. Punched cards never had these problems.
    bloggoth

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      #3
      Originally posted by xoggoth View Post
      Damn new fangled stuff. Punched cards never had these problems.
      What about Mercury Delay Lines? Not very transportable admittedly.

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        #4
        Gah, I thought the land of the red dragon and many sheep had come under attack then..
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          #5
          either that or the Big Ear'd one had been shot
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