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9-Track Open Reel Tape Production Ends This Year

Posted by timothy on from the neither-to-rewind-nor-to-fast-forward dept.

Robogeek writes: "eMag, the last maker of 9-track open-reel tapes, has announced that it will cease production of the product in 2002. The full story is here. The end of an era. We just packed up and shipped off our last 9-track mainframe drive for scrap. The thing was the size of a refrigerator, but when we had a bank of 9 of them going full-blast it sure gave the place a cool sci-fi feel. No more spin-spin, whir-whir... (sigh) 'Please stop, Dave. My mind is going. I can feel it. I can feel it ...'"

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  1. Re:Risk of historical loss by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Well, let's hope that those people who have history on a 9-track transfer it to some form of optical storage.