On Jun 25, 2020, at 5:14 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
On 6/25/20 1:55 PM, Tom Gardner via cctalk wrote:
I'm trying to figure out what were the
earliest Type numbers for 3M ?-inch reel-to-reel computer tape
As best I can find, 3M began marketing a Type 777 computer tape about 1967. The Type 700
appears to be somewhat later. But 3M sold computer tape directly to at least government
customers (e.g. NSA, Social Security) in the 1950s. The also notably OEMed tape to IBM
who rebranded it under an IBM label until the late 1960s at which point with the help of
Sony IBM began manufacturing its own computer tape.
Anyone have any idea of the Type number for 3M computer tapes earlier than Type 777?
There might be a place for some of these older Types at the CHM if anyone knows of any
still in existence.
Tom
PS: There is a lot of information on 3M audio tape Type numbers as at
http://www.aes.org/aeshc/docs/3mtape/aorprod-cust.pdf but computer tape seems to be an
orphan
I probably do--but I'm going to have to look through my logs. Old 3M
tape is terrible for binder that sticks to everything. Before
processing the stuff, I have to lubricate it.
Except for DECtape, of course. That's 3M 340 or 341, the spec (from Nov 1966) is
here: