Artifact Details

Title

ICI Imagedata's 1012 optical data storage tape

Catalog Number

102657144

Type

Still Image

Description

This is a black and white image of an ICI 1012 optical storage tape and container case against a white background with dark shadows. There is tape flowing out of the 1012 reel. Light is coming from the direction of the camera. The attached press release sheet states "ICI Imagedata's 1012 Optical Data Storage Tape provides permanent, unalterable digital data storage at very low cost, and unsurpassed volumetric density. The reel of ICI 1012 Optical Data Storage Tape pictured above has a data storage capacity of one terabyte -- the data equivalent of two million 500-page books or 5,000 cartridges of magnetic tape. CONTACT: Patricia Boppert David Hammer McKinney Public Relations 215-922-3945". At the top right corner of the page written in black ink is "P4387".

Publisher

ICI Imagedata

Identifying Numbers

Other number P4387

Dimensions

4 x 5 in.

Format

Photographic print

Category

Identification photograph; Publicity photograph; Other: See Description

Credit

Courtesy of Gwen Bell

Lot Number

X7413.2015