On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 1:11 AM, Pontus Pihlgren <pon...@update.uu.se> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 07:41:59PM -0500, Michael Thompson wrote: > > We applied some Magnetic Developer to a piece of LINCtape and can see the > > tracks. You can clearly see the extra space between the Mark and Data > > tracks. When we can get access to a microscope with an attached camera we > > should be able to see the bits. > > > > This time with a link: > > > [snip] > > http://www.ricomputermuseum.org/Home/equipment/dec-pdp-12/ > dec-pdp-12-restoration-blog-starting-1117 > > Fascinating work though :) It looks really cool. > > /P > Yes indeed! It brings to mind a paper I read a couple of years ago, J. F. (2011). A material history of bits. *Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology*, *62*(6), 1042-1057. Underneath the abstractions there are physical phenomena - such as magnetic domains on a tape. Cheers -- Ian -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnical Narrative Through a Design Lens Archivist, Voices From the Rwanda Tribunal <http://tribunalvoices.org> Value Sensitive Design Research Lab <http://vsdesign.org> University of Washington There is an old Vulcan saying: "Only Nixon could go to China."
