Recording data to a strand of wire?

From: Roger Ivie <IVIE_at_cc.usu.edu>
Date: Tue Jan 13 18:09:21 1998

> Long before anyone glued rust to a strip of plastic and called it recording
> tape, audio was recorded on spools of wire.

In one episode of "The Secret Life of Machines", Tim played with magnetic
recording. He recorded a little bit of info on a bandsaw, he stuck some rust
to scotch tape and recorded on it, and visited a BBC warehouse where they
had some truly amazing video recorders (large reels of steel band instead
of tape).

It's a shame the Discovery channel doesn't show those anymore.

Roger Ivie
ivie_at_cc.usu.edu
Received on Tue Jan 13 1998 - 18:09:21 GMT