Tom, What an excellent bibliography for the topic.
Thank you. Sellam On Wed, Mar 8, 2023 at 11:45 AM Tom Gardner via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > If you want authoritative sources I highly recommend: > > * IBM J. RES. DEVELOP. • VOL. 25 • NO. 5 • SEPTEMBER 1981, has an > article “Innovations in the Design of Magnetic Tape Subsystems” > > * IBM Journal of Research and Development Vol. 47, No. 4, July 2003 > has an article “Fifty years of IBM innovation with information storage on > magnetic tape” > > * Magnetic Recording, the First 100 Years, Daniel et al, Chapter > 17, Data Storage On Tape > > * Magnetic Recording, Vol II: Computer Data Storage, Mee et al, > Chapter 4 Data Storage > > * The Complete Handbook of Magnetic Recording, Jorgensen, Parts 4 > and 5 which deal with tape materials and transports > > The first ref above gives the date of IBM’s shipment of 6250 bpi as 1973, > AFAIK that became the industry standard for ½ r-t-r tape > > I have all of the above in my library and might be able to help u off line > if you have specific questions. > > > > I’ve worked on tape articles in Wikipedia and they are for the most part > pretty good. If u find any errors or omissions I hope u will update > > > > If you are willing and able to share I’d like to see yr results > > > > Good luck > > > > Tom > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Zane Healy [mailto:heal...@avanthar.com] > Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2023 5:05 PM > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > Subject: [cctalk] Age of Tape Formats? > > > > I�m working on a project, and I need to know the age of various tape > formats. For example when were 6250bpi 700� 9-Track tapes or DC600A > cartridges introduced? Is there any good resource online that documents > this? Wikipedia is of some help, but the older you go, the spottier it is. > > > > Zane > > > > > > > >
