On 01/07/2017 07:01 AM, Al Kossow wrote:
> On 1/7/17 3:06 AM, jim stephens wrote:
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>> They did make a tape drive of some sort
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> They made several generations, what I've found on their cartridge
> tape drives is under 3M on bitsavers. All use variations of their
> trade secret or what eventuall
On 1/7/17 3:06 AM, jim stephens wrote:
They did make a tape drive of some sort
They made several generations, what I've found on their cartridge tape
drives is under 3M on bitsavers. All use variations of their trade
secret or what eventually became QIC standard tape formats.
The 1/4" tape
On January 7, 2017 5:06:32 AM CST, jim stephens wrote:
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>On 1/6/2017 6:46 PM, Rick Bensene wrote:
>> Today, there seems to be no record that 3M ever was in the computer
>business. But...it was.
>They inflicted the write only media on the world that became QIC. So
>they were in the biz long en
On 1/6/2017 6:46 PM, Rick Bensene wrote:
Today, there seems to be no record that 3M ever was in the computer business.
But...it was.
They inflicted the write only media on the world that became QIC. So
they were in the biz long enough to do that.
Media never intended to be recorded at the
Allison wrote;
>I envy the chance to restore a LGP-30 or for that fact play with one.
>Many of the things I remember
>mid sixties on are now gone or were rare then. Like small desk sized drum
>computers using transistors or first generation IC (RTL and RDTL).
I so regret not having rescued an
On 01/06/2017 07:32 AM, David Bridgham wrote:
> On 01/05/2017 08:13 PM, allison wrote:
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>> Lots of ifs, mights, and maybes. My knowledge is from actually owning
>> and maintaining a Cessna since 1979 and so far that has not been an issue.
> Yup, that's just how the discussion in the aircraft com
