Magnetic tape data storage
From Just Solve the File Format Problem
- 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)
