Tape drive

Columns: Year | Manufacturer | Model | Capacity | Advancements
1951 | Remington Rand | UNISERVO | 224 KB | First computer tape drive , used ​ ⁄ 2 nickel -plated phosphor bronze tape | 1952 | IBM | 726 | Use of plastic tape ( cellulose acetate ) ; 7-track tape that could store every 6-bit byte plus a parity bit | 1958 | IBM | 729 | Separate read/write heads providing transparent read-after-write verification . As of January 2009 , the Computer History Museum in Mountain View , California has working IBM 729 tape drives attached to its working IBM 1401 system | 1964 | IBM | 2400 | 9-track tape that could store every 8-bit byte plus a parity bit | 1970s | IBM | 3400 | Auto-loading tape reels and drives , avoiding manual tape threading Group coded recording for error recovery | 1972 | 3M | Quarter Inch Cartridge ( QIC-11 ) | 20 MB | Tape cassette ( with two reels ) Linear serpentine recording | 1974 | IBM | 3850 | Tape cartridge ( with single reel ) First tape library with robotic access

Example questions:
What is the model name of the tape drive whose manufacturer began in 1911 and was founded in Endicott , New York ? | What is the model name of the tape drive whose manufacturer was an American multinational information technology company headquartered in Palo Alto , California ? | What is the model name of the tape drive whose manufacturer is formerly known as the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company ? | What is the model name of the tape drive whose manufacturer had a long list of mergers that formed Unisys ?

Answers:
726 | DDS3 | Quarter Inch Cartridge | UNISERVO