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SWBTATTReg

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1. So that's where I got my 8-trk tape from, that I found in my garage the other day!

Reply to usonian (Original post)

Sun Mar 29, 2026, 01:57 PM

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Amazing how this tech is changing day by day. My first mainframe that I worked on, was in a six-story building downtown, and now, crap, you can put probably 100 of them in the same building now, each a thousand time more powerful too.

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A 1977 Time Capsule, Voyager 1 runs on 69 KB of memory and an 8-track tape recorder [View all] usonian Sunday OP

So that's where I got my 8-trk tape from, that I found in my garage the other day! SWBTATTReg Sunday #1

It's space-grade. I am sure that your pinch rollers have turned either to dust or to stone. usonian Sunday #2

You can definitely put one of them (a thousand times more powerful) in your pocket. erronis Sunday #3

I started out my computer tech career on an bobalew Sunday #8

This is an amazing history of Voyager 1 and the incredible expertise that went into erronis Sunday #4

As cool as these critters are...... lastlib Sunday #5

You made me look it up. usonian Sunday #6

Ha! lastlib Sunday #7

oh yeah... bobalew Sunday #9