http://www.metafilter.com/tags/Ampex Posts tagged with 'Ampex' at MetaFilter. Fri, 01 May 2009 11:54:31 -0800 Fri, 01 May 2009 11:54:31 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/81321/Thats%2Dno%2DMoon%2DOr%2Da%2DMcDonalds%2DWTF At the mostly abandoned Moffett Field in an abandoned McDonald's, digital archeologists attempt to restore, recover and archive abandoned high resolution imagery and data from previous manned Moon missions, using an abandoned Ampex 2" tape drive found in a chicken coop - the last working machine in the world, restored by the last man alive capable of rebuilding the heads. <a href="http://www.thelivingmoon.com/47john_lear/02files/Lunar_Orbiter_Tapes_Found.html">This is likely only part of their weird story.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2009:site.81321 Fri, 01 May 2009 11:54:31 -0800 70mm Abandoned Ampex Apollo Archeology Archive Archiving Digital Found Lost MoffettField NASA Over Technology TheFuckingMoon TheMoon loquacious