Magnetic tape · Welcome to the Nobel Prize Laureate Collection

ID-nummer

2022.004.001

Titel

Magnetic tape

Objektkategori

Vetenskapliga instrument, material & modeller

Publik beskrivning

In the 1980s and 1990s, researchers had no access to the large-capacity hard drives that are common today. Instead, magnetic tapes were used. Joshua Angrist used this tape for applied microeconometric analysis and data storage.
“Applied econometrics was much more physical. Tapes were mounted and threaded by hand, a sometimes tricky process.”
This 9-track magnetic tape has a yellow "write ring" on the back. To write to a tape (as opposed to simply reading its contents) the user was required to install the yellow ring. According to Angrist, researchers also used to play frisbee with the cases.

Joshua Angrist donated the magnetic tape to the Nobel Prize Museum in 2022.

Pristagare

Joshua Angrist