Talk about Geek Nostalgia! Walk with us in this 20 minute historic journey into memory devices lost and found.
Science librarian Ben Wagner gives us a tour of their new Retro-Media exhibit which features all kinds of recordable media over the past century.
Everything from computer punch cards, to floppy disks, to magnetic tape for data storage, to vinyl, 8-track, CDs for music recordings, to 8mm film, U-matic, laserdiscs for video media, and so much more.
The UB Libraries have put together a wonderfully comprehensive history of recordable media on the Retro-Media web site.
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