Tape drives are slow compared to disk drives, but can back up large quantities of data. Today, it's normal to have a 20GB hard drive on a home computer, and hard drives of 160GB or more can be found ...

Although [Simon Boak] had no use for an automatic paper tape punch, this was one of those intrusive project thoughts that had to be put to rest. With not a lot of DIY projects to look at, the first ...