1972 Vintage MFM Cassette Tape Advertisement

The image features a vintage advertisement for Memorex brand magnetic tape, specifically the "Chromium dioxide cassette" which is designed to hold 60 minutes of audio content. The design prominently displays the name "MEMOREX," with additional text indicating it's intended for specially equipped equipment and that this particular type offers "60 Minutes." A visual representation shows a silver-colored MFM tape deck, highlighting its compatibility.

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ABS-CBN: Resurrecting nostalgia: Archiving to preserve history before it’s too late. “In the age of streaming, it’s hard to imagine not being able to watch a film again after its theatrical run, or a show after it has aired on television. But almost half a century ago, this was the reality faced by then-high school student Dann Garcia. He observed at the time the dearth in the available […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/13/resurrecting-nostalgia-archiving-to-preserve-history-before-its-too-late-abs-cbn/

once upon a time in a Phillips laboratory far far away…

unraveling the evolution of magnetic sound recording - The History of Chemistry podcast [audio 24m32s] #OldSpool #ReelToReel #MagneticTape #Ampex #CassetteTape https://thehistoryofchemistry.buzzsprout.com/1985736/episodes/17011393-167-a-sound-idea

"The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) announced Monday that the General Services Administration converted 14,000 magnetic to digital records, and claimed the process saved a million dollars a year.

@DOGE on X: The @USGSA IT team just saved $1M per year by converting 14,000 magnetic tapes (70 yr old technology for information storage) to permanent modern digital records.
The problem is, magnetic tapes are regarded by storage and archivist professionals as being a stable, reliable, and safe medium for long-term data storage. Just because it’s a 70 year old medium doesn’t mean those records needed a massive overhaul to digital, that it will save any money in the long term, or that the new storage method is better.

Casual storage enjoyers might hear tape and think fragile spools of plastic that can rot or wear out. But digital storage is not necessarily a better option if you’re trying to keep information for years; digital storage rot, or “bit rot,” can affect a hard drive over years of storage, making the data corrupt or inaccessible. This happens when the electrical charge inside a solid-state storage device—like the kind of digital drive we can assume DOGE is talking about—leaks and causes the drive to lose performance."

https://www.404media.co/doge-gsa-magnetic-tape-archives-digital-storage/

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