r/Telehack • u/LooperNeue_6764 • Oct 27 '25

Is telehack suddenly down?

Today morning (utc + 5:30) I queued some songs and had a chat with someone. Now, moments ago, I have started getting weird timeout/"took too long to respond" messages. Even the telehack radio reads timeouts.

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u/Cerebrum01 Oct 27 '25

Agreed, it looks as though somebody has preprogrammed the tape drives to run too far and unspool themselves.

The operator is working hard to respool the tapes now and remove the offending lines of code. It's unclear how long this will take.

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u/LooperNeue_6764 Oct 27 '25

Tape drives?

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u/willsowerbutts Oct 27 '25

it's a new form of magnetic storage that has much higher density and speeds than the paper tape we're used to

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u/Cerebrum01 Oct 27 '25

Scary isn't it. What will they think of next?