General Information

Serial #

2017051793

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

SYNTHETIC TAPE CARTRIDGE WITH METAL BACK/ SYNTHETIC REELS, TAPE/ PAPER LABELS & CASE LINER/ SYNTHETIC CASE

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

16.2 cm

Width

10.9 cm

Height

2.3 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Computing Technology

Category

Digital peripheral devices

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

3M

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Minnesota

City

St. Paul

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

UNUSED - GENERALLY 1990S

Canada

AMERICAN MADE DATA STORAGE DISK OF TYPE USED IN CANADA & ELSEWHERE.

Function

MEDIUM UPON WHICH COMPUTER DATA IS STORED MAGNETICALLY BY TAPE DRIVE UNIT, USUALLY FOR LARGE SCALE AND/OR LONG TERM STORAGE. THIS EXAMPLE IS OF TYPE USED PRIMARILY AS BACKUP TAPE TO STORE TEXT FILES, DATA BASES ETC. FOR SAFEKEEPING.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF LARGE FORMAT, HIGH QUALITY, HIGH DENSITY COMPUTER DATA STORAGE TAPE OF 1990S, OF TYPE OFTEN USED BY INFORMATICS PEOPLE AS BACKUP FOR SERVERS, FOR INSTANCE.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

BLACK LETTERING ON CARTRIDGE LABEL READING "DC 6150 DATA CARTRIDGE TAPE/ 150 Mbytes/ 620 ft (189.0m)/ data cartridge/ technology"/ BLACK LETTERING ON METAL CARTRIDGE BACK READING "2017051793/ B42 0722 C2 1/ MADE IN U S A / 6150"/ BLACK LETTERING ON CASE LINER READING "3M/ DC 6150/ DATA CARTRIDGE/ 150 Mbytes 620 ft (189.0)/ Certified by 3M", "3M Data Storage Markets Division/ St. Paul, MN 55144-1000" & "(C) 3M 1991" WITH INSTRUCTIONS & OTHER INFO.

Missing

COMPLETE

Finish

TEXTURED, COLOURLESS, TRANSPARENT TAPE CARTRIDGE, WHITE REELS, BLACK TAPE/ METALLIC CARTRIDGE BACK/ GREY LABEL ONCARTRIDGE/ WHITE CARTRIDGE LABELS (UNUSED)/ WHITE, TRANSLUCENT CASE WITH GREY & WHITE CASE LINER

Decoration

RED "3M" ON CARTRIDGE, LINER NOTES, CARTRIDGE LABELS