Magnetic Tape - CHM Revolution

Magnetic TapeMagnetic tape began as a medium for audio recordings in the 1930s. In 1951—six years before the first magnetic disks—UNIVAC introduced tape drives for computers.Tape was a storage mainstay for many years and still survives, thanks to its low cost, portability, unlimited offline capacity, and standardized formats that make tapes interchangeable.

Computer History Computer history, Old computers, Computer room

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Magnetic tape: the format of choice for world-leading scientists! – Dave Denyer: The Reel-to-Reel Rambler

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Flexible Magnetic Tape