ID help, Ampex tape drive and other things.

[Chuck Guzis]

On 05/18/2015 01:23 AM, Pontus Pihlgren wrote:

> What system would the the Ampex Series 800B have been used with?
>
> The Alfaskop terminals, are they 3270 compatible?
>
> Regarding the huge stack of tapes, what should I look for in order to
> identify what might be on them, is the "9270" label any clue?

You may want to browse the following:

http://reel2reeltexas.com/AmpexDataBrochure.pdf

This is from about 1964, but note, in particular, the FR-1300.    I 
think you've got an instrumentation recorder.

--Chuck