17 Feb
2007
17 Feb
'07
2:25 p.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.
17 Feb
17 Feb
3:13 p.m.
On 17 Feb 2007 at 11:25, Al Kossow wrote:
...and there's Fujitsu. Used by various OEMs, including Sun.
Cheers,
Chuck
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----> 
6:39 p.m.
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---->
...and there's Fujitsu. Used by various OEMs, including Sun.
7:51 p.m.
On 17 Feb 2007 at 23:39, Tony Duell wrote:
And Philips? I can't believe they never made a
computer tape drive given
that they made computers and were well-experienced in magnetic recording.
They certainly made compact-cassette and minicassette data drives.
And we musn't forget Tandberg, who made some very nice drives.
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