• Top view of the magnetic tape
    Top view of the magnetic tape
Honeywell magnetic tape
Honeywell magnetic tape

Honeywell magnetic tape

physical object

2018.13.5

Description

This is a magnetic tape that was manufactured by Honeywell in the USA. It has 6250 BPI (bits per inch). According to Wikipedia for IBM generations, "The maximum data capacity of a 2400 ft reel, blocked at 32,767 bytes and recorded at 6250 BPI was 170 megabytes."

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Related Term

 Magnetic Tape (describes)