The History of Magnets and Data Storage

Late 19th century was a crazy time in the world for inventors. Oberlin Smith tried to record sound onto magnetic wire, not tape but an actual length of wire using magnetism. Dutch inventor Voldemort Polson built a working magnet recorder that he called it the telegraphon Polson. If you want to record data for later retrieval, obviously you want to make sure that that data remains intact.