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The problem is you can only read it with an LTO drive 1-2 generations newer, so by that point all existing drives would likely be at least 30 years old...
by happycube 6y ago
The problem is you can only read it with an LTO drive 1-2 generations newer, so by that point all existing drives would likely be at least 30 years old...
- ggm 6y agoSince LTO hasn't existed for 50 years the key proposition can't be tested. the grandfathering clause is only incidental because an older drive, assuming you could cable the SCSI up correctly would work. (I recently tried to get a Sun U10's DAT 9mm working, sourcing the SCSI cables was a nightmare. And then, the drive refused to rotate under UNIX mt <subcmd> patterns, ejected the tape unread.) To be less flippant, most 50y claims are tested by doing more intense service life e.g. high heat, many rewind re-read cycles, to simulate mechanical/thermal ageing. You cannot really test print-through from just "sitting there" except by sitting something unread on a shelf for 50 years.