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> Backup tapes are cassette tapes. Audio cassettes and backup tapes are different (not "completely" as the technology is actually quite similar), but backup tap
by kstenerud 11y ago
> Backup tapes are cassette tapes. Audio cassettes and backup tapes are different (not "completely" as the technology is actually quite similar), but backup tapes are magnetic tapes that come in cassette cartridges. They quite literally are cassette tapes.
You're trying to score "argument points". Stop that. The article was using it in the colloquial sense. They even had pictures. They're obviously talking about audio cassettes, not backup cassettes.
- laumars 11y agoGood grief, "argument points", seriously? It was a discussion, both parties expressed their views. I wasn't trying to score "argument points" any more than anyone else in this conversation. I was just discussing my own perspective. To elaborate: I was just commenting that the same technology is still in widespread use so it's still proving itself to be valuable in some infrastructures. From my perspective it seems odd to differentiate between audio and backup tapes since audio cassettes are really a subset of that technology (the magnetic tape was originally designed for computer data storage back in the mainframe days, albeit cassette form came quite a bit afterwards). So my point was that the technology itself is still widely used. Personally I never liked audio cassettes, not even in the 80s. So I wasn't going to comment on why some people might be using that specific application of the technology.