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In addition to disks, IBM direct-access storage options available in the middle sixties included a variety of magnetic drum devices and the short-lived, tape-ba
by jasomill 3y ago
In addition to disks, IBM direct-access storage options available in the middle sixties included a variety of magnetic drum devices and the short-lived, tape-based Data Cell Drive[1].
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_2321_Data_Cell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_2321_Data_Cell
- rbanffy 3y agoI probably should have added “in a very long time” :-) I love the exotic tech in those. Mainframes represent a different branch in the evolution of computers, very much unlike the machines on our hands and desks.