Hidden in storage, a University of Utah research associate happened upon the only known copy of this ‘revolutionary’ software

It took careful work to recover the UNIX V4 operating system from the 9-track magnetic tape. The software is foundational for ...
PC World

From Paper Tape to Data Sticks: The Evolution of Removable Storage

Brave users of history’s earliest computers programmed those massive electronic beasts through jumper wires plugged into arrays of sockets. With so few computers in existence (none of them compatible ...
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Computer Software, Reel of Magnetic Tape, IBM

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Some versions of both the PDP-1 and ...
The Australian

Return to the reel thing for safe storage

Many think magnetic tape used for storing computer data is a dead medium, but it’s making a big comeback, with predictions that one day a tape will each store a hefty 400 terabytes of data. Just one ...
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Magnetic Tape File Unit for a Datamatic 1000 Computer

The Massachusetts-based DATAmatic Division of Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulator Company sold one of its room-sized DATAmatic 1000 systems to the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, where it was installed ...