17 Nov
2003
17 Nov
'03
5:50 p.m.
You've got a tape from the IBM Magnetic Tape SELECTRIC Composer. Attached is
an IBM Journal article describing it in detail....
Lyle
On Monday 17 November 2003 23:42, Zane H. Healy wrote:
--
Lyle Bickley
Bickley Consulting West Inc.
Mountain View, CA 94040
"Black holes are where God is dividing by zero"
Tom Uban
wrote:
This might give a clue. The tape I have has the following on the label.
Zane
IBM
MT
Composer
K111
Load...262
Precon Check
Ref 1....256
Basic Precon
Max Meas 816
Ref 2....260
Outline Precon
Max Meas 624
Ref 3....261
Tab Precon
Max Meas 384
Ref 4....259
Hor Rule Precon
Max Meas 739
Ref 5...263
Playback Precon
1450210 While I don't usually search eBay for this
sort of item, a friend
mentioned something to me which prompted me to search for something
magtape related and I ended up bidding on this item and winning it (eBay
will be my death):
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2762437052&ssPag…
ADME:B:EOAB:US:6
Anyway, I'm wondering if anyone can tell me what vintage it is and what
equipment it was used in? Pictures or URLs would be a bonus...
--tnx
--tom
Tom, back in about that era IBM produced a thing called the MTST (Magnetic
Tape ???? Typewriter). It has been eons since I laid hands on one or
even seen one so my memory is pretty fuzzy, but I'd not be surprised if
that was not the use of that tape.
- don