[RadioAstronomer]

I remember reading likewise bad news about VHS tapes. They were supposed to start loosing data around the two year mark. This has not been the case. Pre-recorded and recorded are both still working great 10 years later.

I still have my very first VHS tape I ever recored back in 1981. It still reads fine 22 years later. :-)

BTW, I have a core stack also. I bet I can read the data off of it 20 years from now. :-)

[Publius6961]

BTW, I have a core stack also. I bet I can read the data off of it 20 years from now. :-)

Hmmmmmm.
What are you saying?

Did NASA lie when they reported that tons (literally) of data tapes from the past are now unreadable?

[Publius6961]

I still have my very first VHS tape I ever recored back in 1981. It still reads fine 22 years later. :-)

Hmmmmmm. My first tape recorded was a Beta. I should drag it out and check it out. Circa 1976. Yes, I still have a Beta machine too.