Bernie S of 2600 magazine fame...[has some wire recordings to retrieve from the Radio museum and will stop by Festivus] Wire recording predated magnetic tape, and was used by the 1950 SEAC computer for data storage.
Early microprocessor computers, and some later video-gaming home computers, used audio data cassettes for data storage. We in this list know this. But recent experience I've had with 21st century young adults, is that such use is a complete surprise to them. and, a lot of modern computerists, work far harder than necessary, to digitally extract data from those old audio recordings. So, it's a surprise to me, that the earliest wire-recorders, were also used with some computers of the 1950's. If he has more information on that use, I suggest that VCFed try to obtain some information from Bernie "S" - does he have a last name or is his identity confidential for some reason? - and make that information available and archived. Herb Johnson -- Herbert R. Johnson, New Jersey in the USA http://www.retrotechnology.com OR .net
from Bernie "S" - does he have a last name or is his identity confidential for some reason? - and make that information available and archived.
That's his hacker name. His real name is well-known to many including me. Or you could put "BernieS 2600" into Google and read his story. But he likes to be called Bernie in public, so we respect that.
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