IBM introduces the 3480 cartridge tape system
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22nd March 1984 Since the early 1950s, magnetic tape was the industry standard for inexpensive mass storage of information. In 1984, IBM introduced a new cartridge-based tape format, the IBM 3480 cartridge tape system. Previously, tapes were wound onto large reels, usually 10.5-inch in diameter. Each reel held 160MB of data and could be accessed at a rate of 1.25MB per second. IBM's new cartridges held more data (200MB), were faster (3MB per second), and took up less space. Related information: Image:
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