http://www.pdp8.net/rk05/rk05.shtml
>What was that big reel to reel tape they always show in movies, anyway?
The big-refrigerator-sized guys were generally attached to
mainframes, IBM or otherwise. Here's a little info:
http://www.digital-interact.co.uk/site/html/reference/media_9trk.html
(but take it with a grain of salt; IBM surely didn't go to nine
tracks because of ASCII!).
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