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Tape containing UNIX v4 from Bell Labs (c. 1973) found in a storage room at the University of Utah – potentially the only complete copy (discuss.systems)

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[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 16 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Magnetic storage is pretty much the gold standard when it comes to massive amounts of long term offline data. Sure, it doesn't last forever, but proper quality tape lasts for many decades.

Source: I work with tape drives, and the amount of data I've written to tape and sent off for long term storage is measured in petabytes.

[–] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

I have a box of 5-1/4" floppies from mid eighties. Over 95% still worked fine a couple years ago.