• A top view of the magnetic tape
    A top view of the magnetic tape
Scotch Magnetic Tape
Scotch Magnetic Tape

Scotch Magnetic Tape

physical object

Identifier
2010.1.33
Description
This is a magnetic tape manufactured by Scotch in USA. Magnetic tape was a common and early method for computer data storage. The tape itself was a thin tape covered in a magnetic coating that it could be used to store data. This particular tape was used in an Information Systems Research Laboratory, with an item number 58216 3 10 26.
Related Term
Magnetic Tape (describes)
External links
Wikipedia (tape)
Wikipedia (tape drive)
Related people
Systems Design Undergraduate Lab (was donor of)
Kina Kim (is documentarian of)
Evan Wolfe (is documentarian of)