Computer Equals Tapedrive: Difference between revisions
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This was primarily done because the computer itself is very visually uninteresting when in operation. [[Rule of Perception|When a Tape Drive is operating, there is obviously something going on.]]
No longer as common, since in [[Real Life]], almost everybody has stopped using the old-fashioned 9-track mag tape reel because of size and cost, e.g. a 6250 bpi, 1600 foot tape could hold, at most, about 75 megabytes of data, and costs about US$12. By
In modern works, this trope shows up only in period pieces set before approximately 1975, or when dealing with technology built before then. Otherwise, expect this to show up in works with [[Schizo-Tech]], [[Retraux]], or with themes of a [[Retro Future]]
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