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Location DB > United States > Tennessee > Memphis > Sears Crosstown Building > Sears Crosstown Building > 111.B.n.J.ComputerTapes.jpg 7 / 40   111.B.n.J.ComputerTapes.jpg Description Controls Return to Main Location Page Return to Gallery Overview Edit this Gallery Edit this Picture Un-Subscribe this Picture Comments Posted by nostra-YOUPPI! 9/13/2004 1:26 AM | remove   those big plastic things are old ibm disk drives we were using em as recently as 98 where i used to work Posted by rainman8889 12/8/2004 1:56 AM | remove   Yeah, they were being phased out where I was working as recently as 2001. Posted by rainman8889 12/8/2004 2:01 AM | remove   In the cabinet, I can see the backside of a 3420 IBM reel tape sitting on its edge. The yellow thing in the middle was what we would put on if we wanted to write to the tape. (write protect ring) and the ring around the edge had to be removed by hand. There was another type of ring around the edge that was left on and the tape drive would automatically open it and use vacuum to draw the tape into the drive to self load it. Wonderful machine but can be a real bitch when the tape jammed. The racks in the foreground made an interesting sound when dropped. (kinda musical if dropped right). Posted by nostra-YOUPPI! 12/10/2004 2:15 PM | remove   when i was working a 4381 they had removed the tape drives and replaced em with 8 multiloader drives that used cartiges that looked like 8 tracks Posted by rainman8889 12/24/2004 4:02 AM | remove   That sounds like the 3480's cartridge drives. Definite improvement in terms of storage, durability and portability. But an even bigger bitch when jammed in the drive. Posted by rainman8889 12/24/2004 4:07 AM | remove   The multiloader drives were called 'A.C.L.s" or Automatic Cartridge Loaders. Great for writing to backup but a pain in the ass when using single tapes for regular read jobs. Pretty much phased out with the 3490s (more capacity) and then the 3590s which had tons more storage. The 3590s were loaded permanently into the automated libraries and connected via fibre to other locations. Spelled 'The End' to the manual tape library and a lot of us became unemployed. Posted by MutantMandias 3/6/2007 4:28 PM | remove   This looks like 2 DJ's throwin down some awesome beats. If you'd like to add a comment, please login or register. All content and images copyright © 2002-2024 UER.CA and respective creators. Graphical Design by Crossfire. To contact webmaster, or click to email with problems or other questions about this site: UER CONTACT View Terms of Service | View Privacy Policy | Server colocation provided by Beanfield This page was generated for you in 359 milliseconds. Since June 23, 2002, a total of 739649037 pages have been generated.