a friend of mine sent me these photos of an IBM MT/ST tape (magnetic tape / selectric typewriter).
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a friend of mine sent me these photos of an IBM MT/ST tape (magnetic tape / selectric typewriter). the third photo particularly fascinated me: it shows the flux transitions with a Magnaviewer! is it possible to decode? 🧵
@tubetime fun fact: Len Deighton’s historical fiction book “Bomber” was written on an MT/ST.
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i've found what appears to be a code table! it's not really EBCDIC; other documentation refers to the reader having to translate the code.
@tubetime oh I found a set of code tables on a crazy old book I meant to post, this reply is actually just to remind me to POST IT RUE.
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@tubetime oh I found a set of code tables on a crazy old book I meant to post, this reply is actually just to remind me to POST IT RUE.
@tubetime oh yea, thanks for the like.
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i've found what appears to be a code table! it's not really EBCDIC; other documentation refers to the reader having to translate the code.
As intended, old codes from book.
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@tubetime oh yea, thanks for the like.
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