The NSA has found the tape of computing pioneer Admiral Grace Hopper's 1982 lecture, but says it lacks the ability to read it.
muckrock.com/news/archives/2024/jul/10/grace-hopper-lost-lecture-found-nsa/
It's an one inch Ampex reel-to-reel video tape, which is hardly uncommon. It took me two minutes of searching to find a commercial service that will convert an entire tape to digital format for $150.
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