MTA-2 Magnetic Tape Accessory
date: label: date made
content: 1961
name: label: maker
content: Bendix
notes: label: Description
content: The title of this illustrated Bendix G-15 service manual, as given on the blue-gray cover, is: MTA MAGNETIC TAPE ACCESSORY. The first sheet inside goes further and reads: MTA-2 (/) MAGNETIC TAPE ACCESSORY (/) FOR THER (/) BENDIX G - 15 (/) GENERAL PURPOSE DIGITAL COMUTER (/) SERVICE MANUAL (/) PUBLICATION AET 05613-1 (/) May 30, 1961. As the document explains, the Bendix G-15 had one to four MTA-2 units, each of which held one reel of magnetic tape. These tapes held library routines, large amounts of data, intermediate results of computation, and final results for later type-out.
label: Description
content: For the Bendix G-15 with which the document was received, see acquisition 1988.0435.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: California, Los Angeles
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Computers
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Harry D. and Velma R. Huskey
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.3106.23
label: catalog number
content: 1988.3106.23
label: nonaccession number
content: 1988.3106
objectType: label: Object Name
content: documentation
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (binding material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/2 in x 11 in; 21.59 cm x 27.94 cm