Archivists are uploading hundreds of random VHS tapes to the internet

Re:Archivists are uploading hundreds of random VHS tapes to ... by WalterBright on Friday February 28, 2020 @11:45PM (#22448896)

Sure, but nobody wants to deal with a terabyte of holes.

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Re:Archivists are uploading hundreds of random VHS tapes to ... by supermatt on Saturday February 29, 2020 @01:03AM (#22449220)

Storing the holes isn’t an issue. They compact infinitely, and don’t degrade under any conditions. It’s reapplying them to some card stock that’s time consuming and error prone.

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Re:Archivists are uploading hundreds of random VHS tapes to ... by WalterBright on Saturday February 29, 2020 @04:00AM (#22449710)

I remember paper tape being dodgy when both punching and reading the holes, meaning that once a certain number of bytes are processed, random bit errors are a certainty.

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