Cartridge, tape
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- OBJECT TYPE
- 45 MB/137 M/450 FT/1.25 INCH/DENSITY 10000
- DATE
- 1990–1999
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2000.0153.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Dysan Corp.
- MODEL
- DYSAN 100/DY300XLP
- LOCATION
- United States of America
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General Information
- Serial #
- 63-1982-315
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SYNTHETIC TAPE IN SYNTHETIC CARTRIDGE WITH METAL BACK
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 15.2 cm
- Width
- 10.1 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- 1.6 cm
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Computing Technology
- Category
- Digital peripheral devices
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Dysan
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1990'S
- Canada
-
TYPE OF DATA STORAGE MEDIUM USED BY NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY IN OTTAWA. - 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 AS BACKUP TAPE TO STORE TEXT FILES, DATA BASES ETC. FOR SAFEKEEPING. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF COMPUTER DATA STORAGE MEDIUM OF 1990'S, OF TYPE USED BY INFORMATICS PEOPLE AS BACKUP FOR SERVERS, FOR INSTANCE. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- GOLD & WHITE LETTERING ON MAROON LABEL READS "Dysan 100 DY300XLP/ QUARTER INCH DATA CARTRIDGE/ Length 450 ft. (137M) Density 10000 FTPI/ Capacity 45 MB Coercivity 310 OE/ Reorder No. 815055"; INCISED LETTERING READS "MADE IN U.S.A. PATENT NOS. 4,102,516 4,198,013"; BLACK LETTERING ON BACK READS "63-1982-315"
- Missing
- COMPLETE
- Finish
- BLACK TAPE; COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT CARTRIDGE; METALLIC BACK
- Decoration
- N/A
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Dysan Corp., Cartridge, tape, between 1990–1999, Artifact no. 2000.0153, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2000.0153.001/
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