• Top view of the magnetic tape
    Top view of the magnetic tape
Memorex Magnetic Tape
Memorex Magnetic Tape

Memorex Magnetic Tape

physical object

Identifier
2018.13.2
Description
7 inch magnetic tape manufactured by Memorex. The model is MRX V and has a density (bits/in/track) of 6250BPI. According to Wikipedia for IBM generations, "The maximum data capacity of a 2400 ft reel, blocked at 32,767 bytes and recorded at 6250 BPI was 170 megabytes."
Related Term
Magnetic Tape (describes)

Related people
Kevin Stumpf (was donor of)
Kina Kim (is documentarian of)