Magnetic Recording: The First 100 YearsEric D. Daniel, C. Denis Mee, Mark H. Clark Electrical Engineering/History of Technology Magnetic Recording The First 100 Years The first magnetic recording device was demonstrated and patented by the Danish inventor Valdemar Poulsen in 1898. Poulsen made a magnetic recording of his voice on a length of piano wire. Magnetic Recording traces the development of the watershed products and the technical breakthroughs in magnetic recording that took place during the century from Poulsen’s experiment to today’s ubiquitous audio, video, and data recording technologies, including tape recorders, video cassette recorders, and computer hard drives. An international author team brings a unique perspective, drawn from professional experience, to the history of magnetic recording applications. Their key insights shed light on how magnetic recording triumphed over all competing technologies and revolutionized the music, radio, television, and computer industries. They also show how these developments offer opportunities for future applications. Magnetic Recording features 116 illustrations, including 92 photographs of historic magnetic recording machines and their inventors. |
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... personal computer . In 1973 development engineers at DEC built a scaled - down version of the PDP - 8 , a microcomputer that came with a monitor , a keyboard , and a floppy disk drive . Floppy disks , now a standard part of computers ...
... personal computer . In 1973 development engineers at DEC built a scaled - down version of the PDP - 8 , a microcomputer that came with a monitor , a keyboard , and a floppy disk drive . Floppy disks , now a standard part of computers ...
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... Personal computer hard disks originally in the 5-10 MB range had now advanced to several thousands of megabytes . Sound and pictures were soon common , along with video clips and software suites of 100 MB and more . Many personal computer ...
... Personal computer hard disks originally in the 5-10 MB range had now advanced to several thousands of megabytes . Sound and pictures were soon common , along with video clips and software suites of 100 MB and more . Many personal computer ...
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... personal computer applications are related to document production ( a single 2 MB standard diskette holds over 3000 pages of text ) . The personal computer , and its companion the floppy disk , have played an important role in our ...
... personal computer applications are related to document production ( a single 2 MB standard diskette holds over 3000 pages of text ) . The personal computer , and its companion the floppy disk , have played an important role in our ...
Contents
AUDIO RECORDING | 6 |
The Telegraphone | 15 |
Steel Tape and Wire Recorders | 30 |
Copyright | |
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