Software, Reel of Magnetic Tape for a DEC PDP Minicomputer
date: label: date made
content: 1972
name: label: maker
content: Digital Equipment Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: This compact brown- magnetic tape is on a white plastic reel marked: DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION. It fits in a turquoise transparent plastic case. A paper sticker on the top of the case reads in part: REEL # 41 DATE 1/5/72 (/) STORAGE OF DUSTAN'S, RICK'S (/) AND DOUG ROBINSON;S TAPE FILES. Some of this information is repeated on a sticker attached around the rim. The sticker atop the case also indicates that the tape is "Certified for PDP-5/8 2702g Blocks ( /) 201g 12 bit words/block. It also indicates it is "Certified for PDP-1 (/) 4, 6, 9, 10, 15 1102g Blocks (/) 400g 18 bit words/block.
label: Description
content: The dimensions given are the heght of the case and its diameter.
label: Description
content: A paper sheet received with the tape gives a printout of "TAPE (STORE) FILES FOR ALL USERS ON 3 MAY 1972. It gives a list of file names, eact with a size and ACT for each file (ACT is always 3).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Maynard
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Computers
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Michael R. Williams
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1987.0812.01
label: catalog number
content: 1987.0812.01
label: accession number
content: 1987.0812
objectType: label: Object Name
content: software - reel of magnetic tape
label: Object Name
content: software
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2.4 cm x 9.8 cm; 15/16 in x 3 27/32 in