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It's very unlikely that you'll be able to read modern tape from closet in 50 years. Tape requires very precise temperature and humidity for storage. Otherwise a
by vbezhenar 4y ago
It's very unlikely that you'll be able to read modern tape from closet in 50 years. Tape requires very precise temperature and humidity for storage. Otherwise all bets are off.
- linksnapzz 4y agoOnly one datapoint; but I’ve seen an FPS/Celerity minicomputer boot off of a Qic-20 tape that’d been stored in a non climate controlled Albuquerque storage unit for 19 years…