Computer Software, Reel of Magnetic Tape, Scotch / IBM
date: label: date made
content: ca 1970
notes: label: Description
content: Some versions of both the PDP-1 and the PDP-8 minicomputers could be purchased with a magnetic tape reader. This magnetic tape for such a reader is on a plastic reel that is turquoise on one side and transparent on the other. A sticker on one side reads: CONTROL DATA (/) CORPORATION (/) NO. 4676 (/) BY SwG (/) RESULTS: 1365. It also reads: 2269 (/) CERTIFIER TESTED (/) DENSITY 556 (/) DATE 8 JAN70. Another paper tag on the same side reads: 26 July 71 2290- (/) 25, 26, 43, 52, 497, 1906.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Computers
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Digital Equipment Corporation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0521.05.2
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0521.05.2
label: accession number
content: 1989.0521
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Tape, Magnetic
label: Object Name
content: magnetic tape
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 19 mm x 26.7 mm; x 3/4 in x 1 1/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 cm x 26.6 cm x 26.6 cm; 25/32 in x 10 15/32 in x 10 15/32 in