Artifact Details

Title

EMASS Datatower cartridge retrieval mechanism

Catalog Number

102623926

Type

Still image

Description

Color image of the EMASS Datatower robotic cartridge retrieval mechanism. It shows two pickers with associated circuitry.
Paper label verso "The EMASS (tm) DataTower(tm) robotics can retrieve a cassette, move it to a tape drive for data transfer and return it in 5 to 10 seconds. The robot unit inside the tower rotates verically on a pole to grab a designated cassette from its bin, move it to an available tape drive where it is automatically loaded.

Publisher

EMASS

Identifying Numbers

Other number P4381 Verso ink

Dimensions

overall: 10 in x 8 in

Category

Photograph

Credit

Courtesy of Gwen Bell

Lot Number

X7413.2015