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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. What will happen to... by Rude+Turnip · · Score: 0, Troll

    all the cross-dressing sysadmins who like to put on some makeup, turn on the 9-track and pull a wig down from the shelf? I can almost hear someone singing "suddenly I'm Ms. Ada Lovelace."

    Or was that way too much of an inside joke?

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  2. You moderators are pathetic. by Uttles · · Score: 0, Troll

    Redundant? Excuse me, but I posted this very early on in the discussion, and noone before me had asked these questions. From the replies it seems I've gotten some interesting answers to those questions (which I appreciate) which must mean that my post wasn't so redundant that people didn't find it interesting. So kiss my ass you piece of shit moderators!!!

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