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  "id": "1990-december-if-you-want-to-use-mdr",
  "slug": "1990-december-if-you-want-to-use-mdr",
  "url": "https://dwillis.github.io/uplink/article/1990-december-if-you-want-to-use-mdr.html",
  "year": 1990,
  "month": "December",
  "monthNum": 12,
  "headline": "If you want to use MDR.",
  "kicker": "",
  "author_name": "",
  "author_title": "",
  "affiliation": "",
  "summary": "Information about accessing MDR data available through NTIS on 3 reels of tape, with alternative availability through MICAR for $300 due to temporary NTIS closure.",
  "keywords": [
    "data",
    "NTIS",
    "availability"
  ],
  "topics": [
    "Data & Databases",
    "Technology"
  ],
  "technologies": [
    "9-track tape",
    "EBCDIC"
  ],
  "full_text": "If you want to use MDR.\n\nThe volume is 3 reels, 6250 bpi, EBCDIC and avalible through NTIS (# pb90-591610) NTIS phone number is 703-487-4848. But at the time this issue of Uplink was printed, the NTIS sales desk was closed due to a fire in their computer room. MICAR can provide the volume (updated through Sept. 1990) for $300.",
  "provenance": {
    "extracted_by": "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6",
    "extracted_at": "2026-07-05",
    "verified": true
  },
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      "slug": "1990-november-micar-library-news",
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