Half a century later, magnetic tape remains surprisingly well-used in government. NASA uses it to back up vast amounts of ...

DOGE recently announced that it has replaced 14,000 magnetic storage tapes used by the US General Services Administration ...

The comment doesn’t include any context as to what tape technology was used (reel-to-reel or cartridge), how long it took to ...

What seems at first like a logical move to modernize the government's archives may in fact be an ill-advised decision.

Dimensions listed are in mils. DIGITAL RECORDING also uses magnetic tape as a storage medium, such as digital audio tape (DAT), but these smaller formats cannot be spliced. The tape speed for the DAT ...

A triumphant Tweet by DOGE says that a million dollars per year will be saved “by converting 14,000 magnetic tapes (70 yr old technology for information storage) to permanent modern digital ...

Earlier this month, DOGE announced on X it would save $1 million annually by converting 14,000 magnetic tapes of government records into “permanent modern digital records.” The problem?

A high-capacity data storage system for storing, retrieving, reading and writing multiple magnetic tape cartridges. Also called a "tape automation system," it contains storage racks for holding ...

Dimensions listed are in mils. Digital recording also uses magnetic tape as a storage medium, such as digital audio tape (DAT), but these smaller formats cannot be spliced. The tape speed for the DAT ...