Recovering data from an obsolete Bernoulli drive · Proposed air date:
A caller has valuable compressed data on an old Bernoulli cartridge after the original computer fails. Dr. Dave recommends finding compatible period hardware, copying the files to a modern optical medium and then explains how the drive’s head rode on a thin cushion of air and why the system carried Daniel Bernoulli’s name.
This excerpt runs from 1:18.594 to 5:56.126 within its preserved source recording.
Proposed recording date: 2006-09-23. The exact broadcast date may differ.
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