14xx, 7010, 7070, 7040, 7044, 7074, 7080, 7090, 7094 for sure; maybe 7030. The 7072 used the slower 7330.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of Doug Fuerst <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 27, 2025 1:01 PM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: 3420 environmentals? External Message: Use Caution A 729 was the tape device for a 7080/7090/7094. 1410 too IIRC. Watch Nighthawks with Sly Stallone sometime. 360/30 and 2401's in that, and a 1403/2540. Not seen much but it's there. I set them up. Warehouse on 39th Street on the west side of Manhattan. Doug Fuerst ------ Original Message ------ From "Seymour J Metz" <[email protected]> To [email protected] Date 6/27/2025 12:56:15 PM Subject Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: 3420 environmentals? >ITYM a card sorter. Later on a 727, or a 729 if you're lucky. > >-- >Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz >http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 >עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי >נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר > > > > >________________________________________ >From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of >Jerry Whitteridge <[email protected]> >Sent: Friday, June 27, 2025 12:47 PM >To: [email protected] <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: 3420 environmentals? > > >External Message: Use Caution > > >There was a reason all those old movies, when they had to show a computer, >showed a bank of 3420's all spinning the tapes. > >Jerry Whitteridge >Sr Manager Managed Services >Tech Operations & Innovation >[email protected] >480 578 7889 > >-----Original Message----- >From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of >Pommier, Rex >Sent: Friday, June 27, 2025 9:26 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: EXTERNAL Email: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: 3420 environmentals? > >Or with the 3480 autoloaders, "Hey look, it automatically loaded the next >tape!" Ooh, ahh! Don't get me wrong, they were a cool technology upgrade >but pretty unimpressive to watch them in action compared to seeing the 3420s >start/stop and hearing the flapping sound when a tape rewound off the takeup >spool. > >Rex > >-----Original Message----- >From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of >Phil Smith III >Sent: Friday, June 27, 2025 11:18 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: 3420 environmentals? > >Ah, makes a LOT more sense to show something on a reel drive! On 34x0 it's >more like "Listen, you can hear the tape rewinding..." > >-----Original Message----- >From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of >Seymour J Metz >Sent: Friday, June 27, 2025 10:55 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: 3420 environmentals? > >> With 3480s one could make an interesting "show" for visiting executives. > >ITYM 3420 or older. > >> Remember the oscillating sort? > >I suspect that most folks here are too young for oscillating or poly. > >-- >Shmuel (Seymour J.) 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