And the idea of being able to build new instruments to create it, like this paper-tape programmable music box (YouTube, embedded below), is beyond impressive. The build video hints at more details ...

half-high form-factor tape drive. The device is part of the company's DLT family of storage solutions and builds on existing DLT technology. The VS160 marks a breakthrough in capacity and ...

Starting in the 1980s, internal and external tape drives were occasionally used with personal computers. By the late 1990s, personal computer tape backup was largely abandoned due to CD-ROMs and ...

From there, [iot4c] fitted the Raspberry Pi, a USB hard drive, and a YDS-5A DC-DC converter to power them. Depending on what the drive setup looks like, it might also make sense to add a USB ...

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That means there's a good chance that the MED becomes junk long before a normal tape drive would because the internal SSD has failed. One way to mitigate this is to use an enormous SSD.