Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1188 mails)

[James Knott <james.knott@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Lew Wolfgang wrote:
> This is OT but interesting, I actually ran into some engineers a few
> years out of college who had never heard of 9-track mag tape!  I had
> to google some photos before they would believe it.
We also had a 7 track drive where I used to work.  It was for exchanging 
tapes with a Univac system that I didn't work on.
> I'm dating myself, but I used to use 7-track tape too!  It was 200
> frames per inch.  I remember diagnosing problems with something called
> Visimag.  It was a volatile fluid containing suspended iron particles 
> that
> the tape would be dipped in.  You could then see not only the tracks,
> but even the individual frames on the tape! 

Yep, I remember that stuff.

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