Re: IBM's first tape drive turns 60 (makes you feel old!)

2012-05-24 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Wed, 23 May 2012 10:33:52 -0400, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote: >on 05/22/2012 at 10:22 AM, John Gilmore said: > >>One-inch tapes were once very common in IBM shops, > >Common? > I had the impression they were rare (well, I never saw one). And expensive. It wouldn't make economic sense to

Re: IBM's first tape drive turns 60 (makes you feel old!)

2012-05-24 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In <4fbb73d4.9090...@bremultibank.com.pl>, on 05/22/2012 at 01:09 PM, "R.S." said: >BTW: I heard about 1-inch tapes. Is it true? Did such wide tapes >exist? Yes. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO position; see We don

Re: IBM's first tape drive turns 60 (makes you feel old!)

2012-05-24 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In <985915eee6984740ae93f8495c624c6c21e3656...@jscpcwexmaa1.bsg.ad.adp.com>, on 05/22/2012 at 09:03 AM, "Farley, Peter x23353" said: >I don't know about IBM, but there was a 2nd generation Philco >computer system I know about it, but I've never met anybody that used one. -- Shmuel (Se

Re: IBM's first tape drive turns 60 (makes you feel old!)

2012-05-24 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In , on 05/22/2012 at 10:22 AM, John Gilmore said: >One-inch tapes were once very common in IBM shops, Common? -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO position; see We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress. (S8

Re: IBM's first tape drive turns 60 (makes you feel old!)

2012-05-22 Thread John Gilmore
One-inch tapes were once very common in IBM shops, and I will always associate them with a diversion. This width was of course incompatible with the half-inch one used for acoustical recording, but the magnetic-tape medium itself was not; and it was common, after regular business hours, to find co

Re: IBM's first tape drive turns 60 (makes you feel old!)

2012-05-22 Thread Anne & Lynn Wheeler
r.skoru...@bremultibank.com.pl (R.S.) writes: > BTW: I heard about 1-inch tapes. Is it true? Did such wide tapes exist? > Current cartridges are 1/2 inch wide. The article says that 729 was > also 1/2 inch. how do you feel about 3850 http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/storage/storage_3850.

Re: IBM's first tape drive turns 60 (makes you feel old!)

2012-05-22 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Tue, 22 May 2012 13:09:08 +0200, R.S. wrote: >BTW: I heard about 1-inch tapes. Is it true? Did such wide tapes exist? >Current cartridges are 1/2 inch wide. The article says that 729 was also >1/2 inch. > http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/storage/storage_7340.html ... but can you

Re: IBM's first tape drive turns 60 (makes you feel old!)

2012-05-22 Thread Farley, Peter x23353
o:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of R.S. Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 7:09 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: IBM's first tape drive turns 60 (makes you feel old!) BTW: I heard about 1-inch tapes. Is it true? Did such wide tapes exist? Current cartridges are 1/2 inch wide. The article says th

Re: IBM's first tape drive turns 60 (makes you feel old!)

2012-05-22 Thread R.S.
BTW: I heard about 1-inch tapes. Is it true? Did such wide tapes exist? Current cartridges are 1/2 inch wide. The article says that 729 was also 1/2 inch. -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland W dniu 2012-05-22 12:55, Don Higgins pisze: All It reminds me of when I saw my first tape sort run