Interestingly enough, tapes seem to be the most reliable of long-life storage so far. We’ll see how those ‘stone’ cd/dvd/bd-r disks work out…but apparently they’ve stopped manufacturing them now too…
greping the word “tapes” on all the TOS scripts, I see that the term was definitely most commonly used when referring to long-term storage, archives, libraries, etc. That is definitely realistic and in line with our modern understanding of data storage media. But there were still plenty of instances in which it was mentioned how things like tricorders and ship’s sensors record straight to tape, which is far less likely.
Interestingly enough, tapes seem to be the most reliable of long-life storage so far. We’ll see how those ‘stone’ cd/dvd/bd-r disks work out…but apparently they’ve stopped manufacturing them now too…
greping the word “tapes” on all the TOS scripts, I see that the term was definitely most commonly used when referring to long-term storage, archives, libraries, etc. That is definitely realistic and in line with our modern understanding of data storage media. But there were still plenty of instances in which it was mentioned how things like tricorders and ship’s sensors record straight to tape, which is far less likely.