Everyone has a media history somewhere in their dwelling. Mine goes back to vinyl and cassettes. I also have an old Ampex reel-to-reel tape that a late cousin (born 1930) had sent me, always unplayable, but I don't want to discard it. Old media are essentially like old photographs, which can sometimes be entirely fungible. Even if you don't know who the people are, there's always a hesitation before tossing them.
The Cassette as a Photograph
The Cassette as a Photograph
The Cassette as a Photograph
Everyone has a media history somewhere in their dwelling. Mine goes back to vinyl and cassettes. I also have an old Ampex reel-to-reel tape that a late cousin (born 1930) had sent me, always unplayable, but I don't want to discard it. Old media are essentially like old photographs, which can sometimes be entirely fungible. Even if you don't know who the people are, there's always a hesitation before tossing them.