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Article #5023Re: 3/4" tapes (was: 7 track tape)
From: te... Terry Kennedy Operations M...
Date: Tue, 09 Oct 1990 19:09
Date: Tue, 09 Oct 1990 19:09
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In article <1990Oct8.1...@sctc.com>, boe...@sctc.com (Earl Boebert) writes: > The most picturesque of the 3/4" handlers that I encountered were the > Burroughs Datafiles, a.k.a. the "Datafail." These were 3/4" tape > loops in large bins (they looked like mummy cases lined against the > wall) without vacuum tensioners; the tape would pick up a static > charge and wrap around the capstan with dire results ... Does anyone remember the IBM "Data Cell"? It was introduced around the same time as the 360, as I recall. Imagine a cross between flypaper and a tie rack 8-). It used long strips of (maybe) 2" tape and would go fondle the desired strip onto the read/write station on demand (or maybe after being repaired). Standard procedure was to read the full tape set once per shift, or the beast would start sticking with disastrous results. Terry Kennedy Operations Manager, Academic Computing terry@spcvxa.bitnet St. Peter's College, US te...@spcvxa.spc.edu (201) 915-9381
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Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!snorkelwacker!usc!rutgers!njin!spcvxb.spc.edu!terry From: te...@spcvxb.spc.edu (Terry Kennedy, Operations Mgr) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: 3/4" tapes (was: 7 track tape) Message-ID: <1990Oct9.190941.595@spcvxb.spc.edu> Date: 9 Oct 90 19:09:40 GMT References: <1990Oct03.172748.18683@virtech.uucp> <122126@linus.mitre.org> <1990Oct6.014940.582@spcvxb.spc.edu> <38880@cos.com> <1990Oct8.145107.3931@sctc.com> Organization: St. Peter's College, US Lines: 17 Posted: Tue Oct 9 20:09:40 1990 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit