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14 Oct 15 - 07:23 PM (#3743982) Subject: Magnetic tape and sticky-shed syndrome From: Jack Campin This told me a lot of things I didn't know before about the archival stability of magnetic tape: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/10/151014142223.htm |
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14 Oct 15 - 07:47 PM (#3743985) Subject: RE: Magnetic tape and sticky-shed syndrome From: GUEST,punkfolkrocker Additional material: I've linked to this 2005 "Sound on Sound" article a few times over the years... Tape Salvage & Transfer |
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14 Oct 15 - 09:01 PM (#3743993) Subject: RE: Magnetic tape and sticky-shed syndrome From: cnd Sony has recently made 185 Terabyte cassette tapes. 185 terabytes! That Watson super-computer was only 4! |
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15 Oct 15 - 03:33 AM (#3744024) Subject: RE: Magnetic tape and sticky-shed syndrome From: GUEST,CJB The world experts at salvaging old tapes and recordings thereon can be contacted via the "Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List" Its a mailing list worth subscribing to (free). Join and also search the archives for keywords at http://www.arsc-audio.org/arsclist.html Its funded by the LOC. |
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15 Oct 15 - 03:47 AM (#3744027) Subject: RE: Magnetic tape and sticky-shed syndrome From: Mr Red CD/DVD writables - 5 years is all you can count on at best, after that you are on borrowed time. External HDD about the same Memory Sticks about the same. moral - we have been chasing capacity and price for a long time, not durability. With tape we did not think nor were aware of the lifetime limitations back then. I have seen CDRs at about the price of a coffee that are guaranteed for 100 years. But can you wait to prove it? The music industry used VHS cassettes (digitally encoded) and are now paying the price. Decca developed their own system on reel to reel video tape and suffered less over time. |