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
An example of commercial software distributed on tape
UNISERVO tape drives with a UNIVAC computer system.
10+1⁄2-inch (270 mm) diameter reel of 9-track tape
Dual drive DECtape unit
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
Magnetic-tape data storage
…released to the present day. Tape was an important medium for primary data storage in early computers, typically using large open reels of 7-track, later 9-track tape. Modern magnetic tape is most commonly packaged in cartridges and cassettes, such as the widely supported Linear Tape-Open (LTO) and IBM 3592…
IBM 2401 System/360 tape drives that introduced the 9-track format
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.