Help reading a 9 track tape
Chuck Guzis
cclist at sydex.com
Fri Aug 6 13:43:12 CDT 2021
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-C13-8243628c307c697d4f7e3ab72875e8cd/pdf/GOVPUB-C13-8243628c307c697d4f7e3ab72875e8cd.pdf
the 3480 18-track head is indeed MR read, thin-film write.
--Chuck
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