>This article is written like 50 years is undicipherable hieroglyphics territory.

Then again your name is Rambo, whereas the author might be some 20+ year old, for whom Rambo itself is a "classic" movie kinda like Casablanca was for us :)

Nods in Rambo.

I think there is more problems with the tapes and disks deteriorating, especially if they keep getting used.

What about the load times? I remember waiting what felt like hours, hoping that the game I wanted to play was going to load successfully from tape, watching those flashing lines like a hawk - and frequently being disappointed!

Last time i wanted to load a game, i did it from mp3 files on my phone, with a usb-c to minijack and a minijack to magnetic tape interface adapter. worked flawlessly.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassette_tape_adapter

That's pretty cool.