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First Computer Tape Drive
Manufacturer : Remington Rand
Model : UNISERVO
Capacity : 224 kB Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tape_drive -
Use of plastic tape (cellulose acetate)
Manufacturer : IBM
Model : 726
7-track tape that could store every 6-bit byte plus a parity bit Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tape_drive -
Optical Disc
Invented in 1958
An optical disc (OD) is a flat, usually circular disc which encodes binary data in the form of pits and lands on a special material on one of its flat surfaces. Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_disc -
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Analog Optical Disc
In 1961 and 1969, David Paul Gregg registered a patent for the analog optical disc for video recording. This form of optical disc was a very early form of the DVD U.S. Patent 3,430,966 -
Earliest Floppy Disk
Developed in the late 1960s
Were 8 inches (200 mm) in diameter
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Tape cassette
Manufacturer : IBM
Model : 729
Capacity : 20MB
Linear serpentine recording Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tape_drive -
Winchester
A new type of HDD introduced by IBM
Its primary distinguishing feature was that the disk heads were not withdrawn completely from the stack of disk platters when the drive was powered down.
Later "Winchester" drives abandoned the removable media concept and returned to non-removable platters. Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_disk_drive -
Tape Cartridge
Manufacturer : IBM
Model : 3850
First tape library with robotic access Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tape_drive -
The 5 1⁄4-inch FDD
Shugart Associates introduced the first 5 1⁄4-inch FDD. Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floppy_disk -
Audio Compact Disc
In 1979, Philips and Sony, in consortium, successfully developed the audio compact disc. source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_disc -
RAM buffer to mask start-stop delays
Manufacturer : Cipher
Model : F880 Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tape_drive -
Flash Card
Was invented by Dr. Fujio Masuoka while working for Toshiba. Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_memory -
Digital Linear Tape (DLT)
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Hardware data compression (IDRC algorithm)
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External HDD
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First helical digital tape drive
Manufacturer : Exabyte/Sony
Model : EXB-8200
Capacity : 2.4GB
Elimination of the capstan and pinch-roller system Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tape_drive -
The 3 1⁄2-inch
By 1988 the 3 1⁄2-inch was outselling the 5 1⁄4-inch.
By the mid-1990s, the 5 1⁄4-inch drives had virtually disappeared as the 3 1⁄2-inch disk became the predominant floppy disk. -
Zip Disk
A medium-capacity removable disk storage system that was introduced by Lomega.
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DVD
In the mid-1990s, a consortium of manufacturers developed the second generation of the optical disc, the DVD. Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_disc -
Partial Response Maximum Likelihood (PRML) reading method — no fixed thresholds
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Blu-ray Disc
The third generation optical disc was developed in 2000–2006, and was introduced as Blu-ray Disc. First movies on Blu-ray Discs were released in June 2006. Blu-ray eventually prevailed in a high definition optical disc format war over a competing format, the HD DVD. A standard Blu-ray disc can hold about 25 GB of data, a DVD about 4.7 GB, and a CD about 700 MB. Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_disc -
Multiple head assemblies and servos per drive
Manufacturer : StorageTek
Model : T10000
Encryption capability integrated into the drive Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tape_drive -
Linear Tape File System (LTFS)
Manufacturer : IBM
Model : TS2250 LTO Gen5
Allows accessing files on tape in the same way as on a disk filesystem Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tape_drive
