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betamax Watch a deeply trippy and warped Betamax tape David Pescovitz
obsolete media Please enjoy "Goodnight Moon," the vintage filmstrip David Pescovitz
medieval england How tally sticks were used in medieval England Gareth Branwyn
dead media Why Japan's MiniDisc cases were the best Mark Frauenfelder
retrocomputing 108 rare and bizarre information storage media types Gareth Branwyn
manhattan This is New York City in 1993… in HD David Pescovitz
video stores A visit to the world's oldest surviving video rental store David Pescovitz
8-tracks Vintage video of an 8-track tape swap meet David Pescovitz
dead media Look at all the dead projects in this Google Graveyard Mark Frauenfelder
retrotech Inside an incredible "prop library" of vintage electronics and obsolete consumer tech David Pescovitz
scrubboard New and improved gadget for doing vinyl-like scratching with magnetic audio-tape Cory Doctorow
beastles Cassette Store Day is coming, when you'll be able to pick up the Beastles "Ill Submarine"! Cory Doctorow
dead media Stephen Colbert teaches a millennial how to use a payphone Mark Frauenfelder
videotapes Visiting the VHS Swap Meet David Pescovitz
gomi Watches made from obsolete 1" mechanical hard drives Cory Doctorow
dead media The forgotten world of TV guide magazines, curated Rob Beschizza
jukebox Meet one of the last jukebox repairmen David Pescovitz
VCR This month, Japan will manufacture its last VHS video cassette recorder David Pescovitz
dead media How floppy discs worked Cory Doctorow
obsolete Pentagon's nuclear missile system is run on 1970s floppy disk tech David Pescovitz

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