Classic Techonology Porn: A Tape Drive in 1080p

So I got this tape drive, and this tape. What's on it, I wonder?

What? I just uh, "?"

Yeah, baby, show us what you got. Shake that celluloid moneymaker!

Haha, fantastic.

Oh god, that is the stuff right there, yowza.

This reminds me of that one Cowboy Bebop episode where they go into a shop, looking for a guy who knows how to play an old... DVD or Betamax something? And Spike kicks something and it messes up.

...carry on!

Say what you want, it holds 20 GB.

@michaeldim said:

Say what you want, it holds 20 GB.

What? How?

This was more amusing than I was expecting it to be.

@JasonR86:

I have DDS-4 Tapes.

Newer tape drives go to 2.5 TB. One cartridge of which costs $30.

@michaeldim said:

@JasonR86:

I have DDS-4 Tapes.

Newer tape drives go to 2.5 TB. One cartridge of which costs $30.

That's fucking nuts.

@JasonR86 said:

@michaeldim said:

@JasonR86:

I have DDS-4 Tapes.

Newer tape drives go to 2.5 TB. One cartridge of which costs $30.

That's fucking nuts.

The drives for those (the super high-capacity ones, not the ones I have), however, cost in the thousands. Which is why I don't have one for storing my everything ever.

@believer258 said:

This reminds me of that one Cowboy Bebop episode where they go into a shop, looking for a guy who knows how to play an old... DVD or Betamax something? And Spike kicks something and it messes up.

...carry on!

I love that episode. They randomly get a Betamax cassette delivered to them, so they have to track down a player. When they do find a guy with one, the picture isn't clear, so he tries fixing it by kicking it, which just gets them kicked out. So then they have to raid that abandoned museum and grab the VHS player by mistake.

@JasonR86 said:

@michaeldim said:

@JasonR86:

I have DDS-4 Tapes.

Newer tape drives go to 2.5 TB. One cartridge of which costs $30.

That's fucking nuts.

Keep in mind these are only good for archive purposes, not good for repeated uses.

@Wikitoups said:

@JasonR86 said:

@michaeldim said:

@JasonR86:

I have DDS-4 Tapes.

Newer tape drives go to 2.5 TB. One cartridge of which costs $30.

That's fucking nuts.

Keep in mind these are only good for archive purposes, not good for repeated uses.

If by "not good for repeated uses" you mean "rated for 2,000+ full-tape write operations", then yeah.

Hah, that's great stuff. You should try getting into IBM 9 track tape next.

@Hailinel said:

@believer258 said:

This reminds me of that one Cowboy Bebop episode where they go into a shop, looking for a guy who knows how to play an old... DVD or Betamax something? And Spike kicks something and it messes up.

...carry on!

I love that episode. They randomly get a Betamax cassette delivered to them, so they have to track down a player. When they do find a guy with one, the picture isn't clear, so he tries fixing it by kicking it, which just gets them kicked out. So then they have to raid that abandoned museum and grab the VHS player by mistake.

Welp, looks like I'm re-watching Cowboy Bepop again.

That's nothing, I have 2 Reel-To-Reel players in my basement. Admittedly, I don't have any tapes to go with them.

@BraveToaster said:

@Hailinel said:

@believer258 said:

This reminds me of that one Cowboy Bebop episode where they go into a shop, looking for a guy who knows how to play an old... DVD or Betamax something? And Spike kicks something and it messes up.

...carry on!

I love that episode. They randomly get a Betamax cassette delivered to them, so they have to track down a player. When they do find a guy with one, the picture isn't clear, so he tries fixing it by kicking it, which just gets them kicked out. So then they have to raid that abandoned museum and grab the VHS player by mistake.

Welp, looks like I'm re-watching Cowboy Bepop again.

looks like Ill be watching cowboy bepop for the first time.

Reminds me of a special time.