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Roll Tape: HP 3950 Recording System

Photo of the HP 3950, Hewlett-Packard's first magnetic tape recording system. Enlarge
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Date: 1966

The 3950 was Hewlett-Packard’s first magnetic tape recording system. It was designed for instrumentation recording, but in the coming years Hewlett-Packard tape reels would be among the first data storage media for enterprise computer backups.

Tags: 1960s • 1966 • storage • Tape Drive

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