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2. Tape drive - Wikipedia

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   DDS tape drive (bottom). Above, from left to right: DDS-4 tape (20 GB), 112m Data8 tape (2.5 GB), QIC DC-6250 tape (250 MB), and a 3.5" floppy disk (1.44 MB). A tape drive is a data storage device that reads and writes data on a magnetic tape. Magnetic-tape data storage is typically used for offline, archival data storage. Tape media generally ...

3. Ditto (drive) - Wikipedia

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   An Iomega Ditto internal drive with a 2GB tape and case. An earlier Iomega Tape 250 drive. The Ditto drive series was a proprietary magnetic tape data storage system released by Iomega during the 1990s. It was marketed as a backup device for personal computers.

4. Magnetic-tape data storage - Wikipedia

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   Early IBM tape drives, such as the IBM 727 and IBM 729, were mechanically sophisticated floor-standing drives that used vacuum columns to buffer long u-shaped loops of tape. Between servo control of powerful reel motors, a low-mass capstan drive, and the low-friction and controlled tension of the vacuum columns, fast start and stop of the tape ...

5. Apple Tape Backup 40SC - Wikipedia

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   The Apple Tape Backup 40SC is an external, SCSI-interfaced, 1 ⁄ 4-inch (6.35 mm) QIC, mini-cartridge tape drive. [2] It was first introduced by Apple Inc. in 1987 and discontinued in 1994. [3] The drive came bundled with Retrospect backup software. [4] [2] [5] The drive is also compatible with the tape software included with A/UX. [6] [7]

6. Colorado Memory Systems - Wikipedia

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   The company primarily manufactured tape drive systems, especially those using quarter-inch cartridges (QIC)s, for personal computers and workstations. Colorado Memory Systems was founded by Bill Beierwaltes as an offshoot of his previous company, Colorado Time Systems, also based in Loveland. It was acquired by Hewlett-Packard in 1992.

7. Linear Tape-Open - Wikipedia

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   Linear Tape-Open (LTO), also known as the LTO Ultrium format, [1] is a magnetic tape data storage technology used for backup, data archiving, and data transfer.It was originally developed in the late 1990s as an open standards alternative to the proprietary magnetic tape formats available at the time.