>50 yr old tape< = circa:1972 vintage Tape
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The chances of reading the data will depend on several factors;
1. The tape-stock (base and binder stability), the stored temperature, humidity and magnetic field exposure.
2. A working and aligned reader.
The IBM System/360 (S/360) : https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_System/360
Is a family of mainframe computer systems that was announced by IBM on April 7 1964, and delivered between 1965 & 1978.
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Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code (EBCDIC ) : https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBCDIC
Is an eight-bit character encoding used mainly on IBM mainframe and IBM midrange computer operating systems.
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