9-track tape
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9-track tape is a format for magnetic-tape data storage, introduced with the IBM System/360 in 1964. The 1⁄2 inch wide magnetic tape media and reels have the same size as the earlier IBM 7-track forma
IBM 2401 System/360 tape drives that introduced the 9-track format
Full-size reel of 9-track tape
9-track tape drive used with DEC minicomputers
Inside a 9-track tape drive. The vacuum columns are the two gray rectangles on the left.
Magnetic-tape data storage
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Magnetic-tape data storage is a system for storing digital information on magnetic tape using digital recording. Commercial magnetic tape products used for data storage were first released in the 1950
9-track tape
…9-track tape is a format for magnetic-tape data storage, introduced with the IBM System/360 in 1964. The 1⁄2 inch (12.7 mm) wide magnetic tape media and reels have the same size as the earlier IBM 7-track…
An example of commercial software distributed on tape
UNISERVO tape drives with a UNIVAC computer system.
Dual drive DECtape unit