ESCON
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ESCON is a data connection created by IBM, and is commonly used to connect their mainframe computers to peripheral devices such as disk storage, tape drives and IBM 3270 display controllers. ESCON is
ESCON cable with connectors
Tape drive
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A tape drive is a data storage device that reads and writes data on a magnetic tape. Magnetic-tape data storage is typically used for offline, archival data storage. Tape media generally has a favorab
DDS tape drive (bottom). Above, from left to right: DDS-4 tape (20 GB), 112m Data8 tape (2.5 GB), QIC DC-6250 tape (250 MB), and a 3.5" floppy disk (1.44 MB).
An external QIC tape drive
An internal 5.25-inch full-height DLT tape drive.
Control Data Corporation 606 tape drive, showing two long vertical vacuum columns in the lower part.