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Tape library for a IBM System/360 mainframe.

I wonder how many kilobytes (or gigabytes?) of data is pictured in this image.

Tagged: tape drive IBM System/360 mainframe vintage computer

Posted on April 12, 2012 with 29 notes
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  tapes they’re going to be 9-track. Assuming they’re all medium density tapes, that’s 40-ish MB per tape. The tapes...
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  A lot has changed over the years.
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  Not a lot I can tell you that. It might not even have a full Kilobyte.
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