Comment by kragen
Well, the tape may not survive its second pass across the read head, so it's good to capture the analog waveform in as much fidelity as possible.
Well, the tape may not survive its second pass across the read head, so it's good to capture the analog waveform in as much fidelity as possible.
I wonder if they'll find it suitable to bake [0] the tape first, which is quite popular in the audio restoration world but I'm not sure how much it applies to computer tape.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sticky-shed_syndrome