14 Jan
2003
14 Jan
'03
2:45 a.m.
On Tue, 14 Jan 2003, Ethan Dicks wrote:
--- "Zane H. Healy" <healyzh(a)aracnet.com> wrote:
Sounds like an IBM Data Cell. I forget the model number, but the
nickname was the "Noodle Picker" (or "Noodle Stuffer" when it would
jam).
I have one "noodle", but no box. A buddy of mine here in town got a
handful of them 20 years ago. He laments not grabbing any boxes.
This sounds like the tape for the IBM 3480 (or 3490,etc) tape drives.
We've got a couple drives here for the Administrative group - used to have
more but they went to get salvaged (and I ended up selling the 'drive'
part of the cabinets..) We still have a 3480 and a 3490 here. The 3480
is the size of a washing machine and has a pair of drives - the 3490 is
the size of two side-by-side refrigerators, and has 4 (?) drives and a
large autoloading mechanism.
Pat
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> OTOH,
the first two pieces of my classic computer collection are IBM,
> a hand-held card punch (still in almost prefect condition), and a
> wierd magtape...
about the size of a DECtape, but it's enclosed in a small
clear boxish
enclosure, with tape coming out of one end.