17 Feb
2007
17 Feb
'07
11:25 a.m.
OK, I'm just not familiar with 9-track drives in
the sense of who
manufactures the guts that everyone uses.
OEM drive mfgs
60's 70's 80's 90's
Ampex--->?
Dymec------>HP------------------>
Kennedy------------------------->Bought by Shugart
CDC------------------------->Laser Magnetic Storage
Digidata--------------------->
Wangco-->Cipher----------->
PEC---->Pertec------------>
Qualstar--->
M4 Data---->
HP 7970 drives look a LOT like Kennedy 9100's
Lots of others primarily in mainframes (STC,
Telex,...)
Those two drives in the pics are fairly old incremental
transports.