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Episode 180 - You Wouldn't Magnetize a Tape! is an episode from Advent of Computing by Sean S Haas. The image of a mainframe is almost always accompanied by it's companion: the magnetic tape drive. For decades magnetic tape served as the me...
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Episode 180 - You Wouldn't Magnetize a Tape! is from Advent of Computing by Sean S Haas.
Published Apr 19, 2026 and 01:06:28 long