Making the Perfect Record: From Inscription to Impression in Early Magnetic RecordingMain MenuAboutAbstract for “Making the Perfect Record,” American Literature 85.4 (December 2013), http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/00029831-2370230, Duke U PIntroductionIntroduction to Making the Perfect Record: From Inscription to Impression in Early Magnetic RecordingNotesNotes for “Making the Perfect Record,” American Literature 85.4 (December 2013), http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/00029831-2370230, Duke U PMediaMedia for “Making the Perfect Record,” American Literature 85.4 (December 2013), http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/00029831-2370230, Duke U PAcknowledgmentsAcknowledgments for “Making the Perfect Record,” American Literature 85.4 (December 2013), http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/00029831-2370230, Duke U PTechnical InformationTechnical Information for “Making the Perfect Record,” American Literature 85.4 (December 2013), http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/00029831-2370230, Duke U PReferencesReferences for “Making the Perfect Record,” American Literature 85.4 (December 2013), http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/00029831-2370230, Duke U PJentery Sayersbecbfb529bffcfafdfad6920ed57b30ccdca5339This essay is part of the “New Media” special issue of American Literature (volume 85, number 4, December 2013). See http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/00029831-2370230. Version 1 of the site is (c) 2013 by Duke University Press.
A Prehistory
12013-10-14T13:45:02-07:00Jentery Sayersbecbfb529bffcfafdfad6920ed57b30ccdca53392496Some Developments in the History of Magnetic Recordingplain2014-01-01T06:48:33-08:00Jentery Sayersbecbfb529bffcfafdfad6920ed57b30ccdca5339Of course, in the history of magnetic recording, the hard drive did not immediately succeed the telegraphone. Between the two, magnetic wire, tape, and floppy disks (among others) were popular storage media in the United States and elsewhere.
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12013-10-18T11:00:35-07:00Before the Hard Drive6Though the telegraphone never became a pervasive device in society, it can be investigated as an antecedent to the hard drive.plain2013-12-19T20:52:11-08:00
12013-12-19T06:59:15-08:00Search at San Jose (ca. 1956)2Promotional Video for IBM 305 RAMAC (the first commercial computer with a moving head hard disk drive)plain2013-12-19T07:03:04-08:00