The US Gov't data center I worked in obtained a 3850 (MSS - Mass
Storage System). At least I remember it being called a 3850.
It was 1979 when that system was installed.
The best way to explain/describe its function: It was really an
early ATL/VTS (Virtual Tape System).
So, JES3 would stage off to a 3350(s) from the 3850, and then
stage the data set back to the 3850 carts.
The system had two storage units (Honeycomb design for holding
the "tape reel/cartridge") a "parking unit" and an access unit.
Plus it had 16 3350 drives dedicated to it.
That's about as much as I remember.
Regards,
Steve Thompson
On 12/21/2017 01:33 PM, Seymour J Metz wrote:
I have a dispute at
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:History_of_hard_disk_drives#Competing_devices>
with another Wikipedia editor about the nature of the 3850, and would like some
feedback on who used it for what. Thanks.
--
Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3
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