Magnetic tape storage is something many of us will associate with 8-bit microcomputers or 1960s mainframe computers, but it still has a place in the modern data center for long-term backups. It’s ...

We look at tape storage and examine its benefits in capacity, throughput, suitability for certain media types and workloads, as well as its cost and security advantages.

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 ...

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 ...

In context: The Linear Tape-Open (LTO) format for tape-based magnetic data recording was developed in the Nineties as an open-standard alternative to proprietary tape formats. The technology provides ...

OVER FIFTY years ago, the existence of government records on magnetic tape brought down a president. In 1971 the Secret Service installed Sony open-reel tape recorders throughout the White House, to ...