[GreenKeys] Question: Suppose There Were No Computers Or Glass Monitors...

[Christian Gauger-Cosgrove]

On Sun, 6 Mar 2022 at 13:19, Jordan Spencer Cunningham <js at teletype.net> wrote:
> I envision in this fantasy world of mine that paper tape would have still largely given way to magnetic tape, even magnetic cassette tapes that could be popped in and out of any teleprinter or other data-processing machine for quick sneakernet data sharing. There would probably be some alternative media types like magnetic hard disks and floppy disks and the like, but magnetic cassettes would be the main type of exchangeable data storage.
>
Ever heard of DECtape/LINCtape and the successor, DECtape II?

It's magnetic tape. That acts like a (very slow) disk. The latter even
runs over a standard serial port. (You can use a modern machine to
emulate a DECtape II drive for machines that use it.)

Best regards,
Christian
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