Currently, magnetic storage is still manufactured as hard disk drives (HDDs) but you won’t find a tape drive in a modern consumer computer. That’s not likely to change but IBM is pushing the ...

Half a century later, magnetic tape remains surprisingly well-used in government. NASA uses it to back up vast amounts of data recorded by its satellites. The IRS stores lots of its taxpayer records ...

The first electronic storage medium, magnetic tape is made of flexible plastic with one side coated with a ferromagnetic material. The data are recorded as binary digits (bits) in the form of ...

There is limited information regarding intrinsic mechanical properties of different brands of tape and no information is available about the effect of storage temperature on these mechanical ...

Why it matters: Many users, including staffers at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), likely consider magnetic tape storage severely outdated. Despite being around for several decades ...

Magazine holders might be some of the most underrated storage solutions out there ... First, apply double-sided adhesive tape ...

[Robin]’s main goal was to provide organized storage for loose tapes. Each magazine has a circular reservoir to hold the coiled tape, with an exit slot at the front and a wedge that directs the ...