14 Jan
2003
14 Jan
'03
9:20 a.m.
--- Patrick Finnegan <pat(a)purdueriots.com> wrote:
So it does. The "clear boxish" part made me think of a data cell, but
I suppose that a 3480 tape would look just like a DECtape (TK50-style,
not reel-to-reel like DECtape I).
-ethan
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--- "Zane H. Healy" <healyzh(a)aracnet.com> wrote:
> >> 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.
This sounds like the tape for the IBM 3480 (or 3490,etc) tape drives.