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From Tape Drives to Memory Orbs, the Data Formats of Star Wars Suck
- jgrahamc 10y agoThere's nothing wrong with using tape for storage. And nothing wrong with the Empire's storage facility as depicted in Rogue One. I think there's an underlying belief that tape is "old fashioned" which is nonsense.
- tjr 10y agoDuring college I worked as a tape librarian. I thought the tape library scene in Rogue One was delightful, and I think that tape is still a great medium for storing huge amounts of data. I don't actively follow tape development, but as of a few years ago, tape technology existed that could theoretically hold 185 TB on a standard-size cartridge.