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Back in my day (lemmy.zip)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
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[–] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Bonus points if you recorded it yourselves on VHS.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    My daughter asked me what a VHS Player was last night. It was in one of her books, and I couldn't tell her how it works. But I got to tell her why we say "rewind" when we reverse a movie.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Data is written to a tape in one direction. It's on a very long magnetic ribbon. That ribbon is wrapped around two spools.

    Once you read through the data you have to wind it all the way backwards to read it front to back again.

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