1951-1968 Early Computer Magnetic Tape Units- History IBM, UNIVAC, RCA, AMPEX - Educational Video
050618 Like and subscribe. This is an archive, check the link in the end if you are. An educational, hopefully enjoyable, brief look back at Early Computer Magnetic Tape Units (1951 to 1968). Vintage photos & film show a variety of early hardware, including IBM 726-729 Tape Units, IBM NORC, early AMPEX drives used by GE for ERMA, NCR and other systems. Also mentioned in the Gallery are Honeywell 800, Philco Transac, CDC 6600 and others. A Computer History Archives Project (CHAP) video production, production/editing, Mark Greenia.
Approx. 20 min overview and 6 minute Image Gallery.
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Acknowledgements:
Sincere thanks to those who provided much needed valuable input to date.
Here are some Acknowledgements and Recommended References:
IBM ARCHIVES
http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/
SRI International Corporate History
https://www.sri.com/about/corporate-history
Articles: General Electric Computer Dept. from the bottom up, 1961--1965, by Ed Thelen
http://www.ed-thelen.org/EarlyGE-Computers.html
Southwest Museum of Engineering, Communications & Computation, Ed Sharpe, Archivist
http://www.smecc.org/
VIP Club Information Technology Pioneers
http://www.VIPclubmn.org
Al Kossow’s Online Software Archive
http://www.Bitsavers.org
ATLAS Computer at Chilton, UK
http://www.chilton-computing.org.uk/acl/technology/atlas/p015.htm
LEO Computers Society
http://www.leo-computers.org.uk/links.html
Glenn’s Computer Museum
http://www.glennsmuseum.com/ibm/ibm.html
General Electric Company History
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/General_Electric
MAG TAPE SPECIFIC REFERENCES:
DC Video (Conversions and Great Web Site),
https://www.dcvideo.com/videotape-identifier/
Magnetic Tape Data Storage
https://wikivividly.com/wiki/Magnetic_tape_data_storage
Museum of Magnetic Sound Recording (Good info on AMPEX and others)
http://museumofmagneticsoundrecording.org/index.html
AMPEX Corporate History
http://www.ampex.com/ampex-history/
YouTube Video:
VIDEO: 1951 UNIVAC UNISERVO TAPE DRIVE - Computer History Archives Project, # CH-013
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KuoZ6cades
Additional References:
Paper: “Fifty years of IBM innovation with information storage on magnetic tape,” by R. Bradshaw, C. Schroeder, Published in IBM Research and Development, Vol 47, No. 4, 2003
http://ibm-1401.info/history-of-tape.pdf
“Digital Magnetic Tape Recording Fundamentals,”
Training Manual, 1962, (originally by Ampex Corp.) http://worldpowersystems.com/J/magtape/900554A_tapeRecFundamentals.pdf
additional thanks to Jeff Quitney's vintage videos, YouTube channel
https://www.youtube.com/user/webdev17
Professional Narration: David Melvin (GE Narration- Joel North)
Uploaded by Computer History Archives Project - CHAP
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