| >50 yr old tape< = circa:1972 vintage Tape search: >'magnetic tape restoration'< @DDG : <https://html.duckduckgo.com/html/?q='magnetic tape restorati...> The chances of reading the data will depend on several factors; 1. The tape-stock (base and binder stability), the stored temperature, humidity and magnetic field exposure.
2. A working and aligned reader.
Background.The IBM System/360 (S/360) : https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_System/360 Is a family of mainframe computer systems that was announced by IBM on April 7 1964, and delivered between 1965 & 1978. -- Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code (EBCDIC ) : https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBCDIC Is an eight-bit character encoding used mainly on IBM mainframe and IBM midrange computer operating systems. -- Also See; search: >'NASA call for Moon tapes'< @DDG : <https://html.duckduckgo.com/html/?q='NASA call for Moon tape...> |