I wrote that article, but I no longer post my stories to HN because I am subject to a block and anything of my own I submit is flagged [dead]. I do not know why, and I have written to ask with no reply.
I only write 5-10 articles a week so I don't exactly spam the site at high frequency, and if I don't feel I can add more context or insight to a story, I don't write it -- except at the very slowest times of the year, and I wouldn't post those stories here.
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Other posts on this subject, none with discussion:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45846438
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45844876
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45842643
I've added https://oldbytes.space/@bitsavers/115505135441862982 and https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/07/unix_fourth_edition_t... to the toptext as well. Thanks!
Also this post from Rob Pike with interesting thread of a bit more information about tape recovery https://www.tuhs.org/pipermail/tuhs/2025-November/032758.htm...
Added up there too. Thanks!
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45857695 has discussion
It does now. :-) It didn't when I posted earlier
I wrote that article, but I no longer post my stories to HN because I am subject to a block and anything of my own I submit is flagged [dead]. I do not know why, and I have written to ask with no reply.
I only write 5-10 articles a week so I don't exactly spam the site at high frequency, and if I don't feel I can add more context or insight to a story, I don't write it -- except at the very slowest times of the year, and I wouldn't post those stories here.
Ah well.