On 10/14/17, 7:55 PM, "cctalk on behalf of steve shumaker via cctalk" <cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org on behalf of cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
>On 10/14/2017 10:42 AM, Camiel Vanderhoeven wrote: >> On 10/14/17, 7:22 PM, "cctalk on behalf of steve shumaker via cctalk" >> <cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org on behalf of cctalk@classiccmp.org> >>wrote: >> >> >>> found as part of the stack saved from an engineers estate: Tandem >>> Computers cartridge tapes and docs >>> >>> Cartridges are appox 4x4x1 and the tape appears to be half inch. Some >>> are in boxes marked "Cartridge Tape CT-130" All have labels indicated >>> they are Tandem Computers "Site Update Tapes" with 1988, 89, and 90 >>> dates. Cursory google produced nothing. Secondary label on one >>> cartridge would seem to indicate they are used for software >>>distribution. >> Sounds like DLT tapes. >> >> >> >Similar shape and overall size but the shutter and leader hook are >different The only other format I know of that era that comes close is IBM 3480, but that¹s less square, more like 5² x 4². Do you have pictures online somewhere?
