IBM's first magnetic-tape data storage devices, introduced in 1952, use what is now generally known as 7-track tape. The magnetic tape is 1⁄2 inch (13 mm)...
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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 (12.7 mm) wide magnetic tape media and...
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The IBM System/360 (S/360) is a family of mainframe computer systems announced by IBM on April 7, 1964, and delivered between 1965 and 1978. System/360...
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The IBM 729 Magnetic Tape Unit was IBM's tape mass storage system from the late 1950s through the mid-1960s. Part of the IBM 7-track family of tape units...
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Linear Tape-Open (redirect from IBM LTO2)
reel formats IBM 7-track and later IBM 9-track. In the mid-1980s, smaller, enclosed, single-reel cartridge formats were developed by IBM and DEC. Although...
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IBM manufactured magnetic disk storage devices from 1956 to 2003, when it sold its hard disk drive business to Hitachi. Both the hard disk drive (HDD)...
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of tape unit was shipped with the IBM 701 from December 20, 1952 until February 28, 1955. Unlike later IBM 7 track drives, the 726 could read backwards...
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As a technology, it deviated in several ways from the then dominant IBM 7 track system. It distinguished itself by having higher capacity, faster data...
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International Business Machines Corporation (using the trademark IBM), nicknamed Big Blue, is an American multinational technology company headquartered...
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Magnetic-tape data storage (section IBM formats)
medium. 1951: UNISERVO 1952: IBM 7-track 1958: TX-2 Tape System 1961: IBM 7340 Hypertape 1962: LINCtape 1963: DECtape 1964: 9-track 1964: Magnetic tape selectric...
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IBM 7340: IBM 7070/IBM 7074 hypertape (7074 only) IBM 7400: IBM 7070/IBM 7074 Printer IBM 7500: IBM 7070/IBM 7074 Card Reader IBM 7501: IBM 7070/IBM 7074...
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The IBM 305 RAMAC was the first commercial computer that used a moving-head hard disk drive (magnetic disk storage) for secondary storage. The system...
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The IBM System/7 was a computer system designed for industrial control, announced on October 28, 1970 and first shipped in 1971. It was a 16-bit machine...
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The IBM Personal Computer AT (model 5170, abbreviated as IBM AT or PC/AT) was released in 1984 as the fourth model in the IBM Personal Computer line,...
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The IBM 1360 Photo-Digital Storage System, or PDSS, was an online archival storage system for large data centers. It was the first storage device designed...
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The IBM 1017 is a table-top paper tape reader from IBM introduced in 1968. The 1017 reads 5, 6, 7, and 8-track paper or polyester tape at 120 characters-per-second...
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began in 1966 to keep track of the bill of materials for the Saturn V rocket of the Apollo program, and the first version on the IBM System/360 Model 65...
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The IBM 7330 Magnetic Tape Unit was IBM's low-cost tape mass storage system through the 1960s. Part of the IBM 7 track family of tape units, it was used...
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generally use the same peripherals. Tape drives generally use 7-track format, with the IBM 727 for vacuum tube machines and the 729 for transistor machines...
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(12.7 mm) in a format such as: Computer magnetic tape data storage Reel-to-reel UNISERVO IBM 7 track IBM 9 track Cartridge IBM 3480 IBM 3590 IBM 3592...
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Whirlwind II digital computer design, and manufactured by IBM as prime contractor, the AN/FSQ-7 was the largest discrete computer system ever built. Each...
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The IBM 3592 is a series of enterprise-class tape drives and corresponding magnetic tape data storage media formats developed by IBM. The first drive,...
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ThinkPad (redirect from IBM Thinkpad)
and manufactured by the American International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation. IBM sold its PC business to the Chinese company Lenovo in 2005 and since...
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International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) is a multinational corporation specializing in computer technology and information technology consulting...
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The IBM PCjr (pronounced "PC junior") was a home computer produced and marketed by IBM from March 1984 to May 1985, intended as a lower-cost variant of...
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History Museum in Mountain View, California has working IBM 729 tape drives attached to its working IBM 1401 system. Mellor, Chris (2005-03-02). "Mainframe...
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The IBM System/32 (IBM 5320) introduced in January 1975 was a midrange computer with built-in display screen, disk drives, printer, and database report...
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The IBM 704 is the model name of a large digital mainframe computer introduced by IBM in 1954. Designed by John Backus and Gene Amdahl, it was the first...
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IBM 1404, IBM 1443, IBM 1445 7-track tape drives: IBM 729, IBM 7330, IBM 7335 Disk drives: IBM 1301, IBM 1311, IBM 1405 RAMAC Check processing IBM 1210...
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IBM 1442 is a combination IBM card reader and card punch. It reads and punches 80-column IBM-format punched cards and is used on the IBM 1440, the IBM...
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