NARA recovers famed 1982 Grace Hopper lecture recorded on obsolete media format

U.S. Navy computer scientist and COBOL inventor Grace Hopper gave a famed lecture in 1982 that was recorded using an obsolete video medium for which no player now exists. Yesterday, the NSA posted it on its YouTube channel, reflecting years of demand for it to be made public and work by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) to retrieve the footage: "NARA's Special Media Department was able to retrieve the footage contained on two 1' AMPEX tapes and transferred the footage to NSA to be reviewed for public release." — Read the rest

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