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Old 05-08-2018, 12:50 PM   #371
limey
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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce View Post
The BBC used these machines to record broadcasts on 20 lb reels of metal tape.

They still have 350,000 hours of recordings on this tape.


Yeah, but you wouldn’t believe the stuff they did NOT save for posterity .....


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