While magnetic-core memory replaced magnetic drums for a computer's working memory (RAM), magnetic tape was still the only option for long-term storage. What we needed, according to IBM ...

The IBM 726 digital tape drive was introduced in 1952 to provide larger amounts of digital storage for computers, in particular IBM’s 701 computer. Before the introduction of magnetic tape ...

Have you ever wished you could turn back time, back to the good old days? A group of hobbyists are doing just that, one VHS ...

Yes, magnetic tape, kind of like what’s spooled inside ... a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. HDD writes data not in linear paths, but in ...

Currently, magnetic storage is still manufactured as hard disk drives (HDDs) but you won’t find a tape drive in a modern consumer computer. That’s not likely to change but IBM is pushing the ...

Unlike the platters in computer hard drives that feature ultra-thin layers of various metals to store tiny magnetic charges, tape needs to be able to flex, bend, and be wound onto a spool.

The need for mass storage is reviving a technology which, only a few years ago, seemed destined for the scrapheap: magnetic tape. Tape is the oldest computer storage medium still in use.

The use of ferromagnetic materials as a medium for data storage is as old as the electronic computer ... the LTO (Linear Tape-Open) Ultrium format and it gets used in magnetic tape cartridges ...

Computer systems, on the other hand, are exposed to the entire range of hazards from hardware crashes to hacker attacks. Physical “airgap” of magnetic tapes off-line data storage adds an extra ...

Magnetic Tape: A Key Technology in Data Storage Magnetic ... It played a pivotal role in early computer development, enabling the creation, storage, and easy accessibility of vast amounts of ...

but on clunky plastic cartridges containing coiled ribbons of magnetic tape. That’s right, much of the world’s data is stored on tape – many thousands of kilometres of the stuff. While that ...