• lemmyvore@feddit.nl
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    10 months ago

    Tapes themselves are cheaper but there’s also the upfront cost of the tape drive (we’re talking thousands).

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      10 months ago

      And that there is the real crime. It’s a real shame no one’s making a tape drive at the consumer market price point. Tapes are a hell of a lot more convenient for backups and archival than the giant weird pile of storage formats we’ve seen over years.

    • AtariDump@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      Agreed and was looking for this comment.

      The medium is cheap but the device to read/write is pricy.