Magnetic tape data storage


 * 9-track reel-to-reel tape
 * Coleco ADAM Digital Data Pack (DDP; similar to normal Audio Cassette but special high-speed, high-density, preformatted version)
 * Data tape cartridge
 * DEC tape
 * Digital Audio Tape
 * Digital Data Storage
 * IBM tape
 * Univac tape
 * VidiLoop (Chyron, used for broadcast on-screen graphic storage)
 * ZX Microdrive (Sinclair)

Also, Audio Cassettes were used for data storage on early personal computers.

Resources

 * Wikipedia article on magnetic tape data storage
 * Lunar orbiter image recovery project
 * The Hackers Who Recovered NASA’s Lost Lunar Photos
 * Debugging story involving tape drives
 * HP 07975-90470 Operating And Service Manual (Tape drive)
 * How People Used to Download Games From the Radio
 * Tape update: LTO-7 bit error rate improves, LTFS use rises
 * Recovering '90s Data Tapes - Experiences From the KB Web Archaeology project - contains detailed information on how to recover data from '90s tape formats
 * Workflow for reading DDS tapes
 * Workflow for reading DLT-IV tapes
 * Digital forensics and web archaeology resources - includes lots of links to resources on tapes, SCSI and tape archive formats
 * tapeimgr - user-friendly tool for recovering data from tapes (Linux-only; wraps around dd and mt)


 * Digital field tape format standards (1970s report on tape formats for geophysical data)