--- Patrick Finnegan <pat_at_purdueriots.com> wrote:
> >
> > --- "Zane H. Healy" <healyzh_at_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.
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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Received on Tue Jan 14 2003 - 17:20:00 GMT