6 Aug
2021
6 Aug
'21
11:43 a.m.
On 8/6/21 11:37 AM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
IBM 3490 - 36 track. The 3590 and later get silly numbers of tracks on
half-inch tapes. Don't know if the 18-track 3480 was MR, however.
According to this report:
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GOVPUB-C13-8243628c307c697d4f7e3ab72875…
the 3480 18-track head is indeed MR read, thin-film write.
--Chuck