<xphile>
this 555 is being weird
<deadswitch>
my back is killing me from moving these boxes
<t0neline>
how many?
<deadswitch>
like 12? its a mess
<void_stack>
what kind of stuff
<blueboxkid>
did you find the incident report
<deadswitch>
so many tapes. like half the boxes are just magnetic tape
<copperveins>
what kind? 9-track?
<deadswitch>
idk they're unlabeled
<xphile>
try degaussing them
<void_stack>
DO NOT
<copperveins>
jfc don't touch them
<t0neline>
what were they even running back then
<blueboxkid>
pdp-11 maybe?
<void_stack>
nah prairie was ibm all the way
<copperveins>
system/370 probably
<deadswitch>
found some punch cards marked ECHO-1
<t0neline>
makes sense for 73
<xphile>
my 555 is smoking
<blueboxkid>
throw it out the window
<copperveins>
@deadswitch i can take a look at the tapes
<copperveins>
got access to old readers
<deadswitch>
really?
<void_stack>
where tf you get tape readers
<copperveins>
work in data recovery
<t0neline>
fancy
<deadswitch>
everything's just dumped in here
<deadswitch>
like they packed in a hurry
<xphile>
window's open
<blueboxkid>
lmao
<void_stack>
pics of the cards?
<deadswitch>
too dark, tomorrow maybe
<copperveins>
dm me if you want to drop off tapes
<deadswitch>
k
<t0neline>
anyone got spare crystals
<blueboxkid>
what freq
<xphile>
555 is in the parking lot
<t0neline>
3.579545
<void_stack>
oddly specific
<blueboxkid>
color burst?
<t0neline>
maybe
<deadswitch>
gonna sleep. back hurts
<copperveins>
gn
<void_stack>
night
<blueboxkid>
later