Title
International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) data cell drive oral history panel
Catalog Number
102657934
Type
Document
Description
IBM initially shipped the 2321 Data Cell Drive in 1965, a product designed to provide random access to data stored on Mylar strips coated with magnetic media. Panel members participated in IBM's long development program for the Data Cell system, with many problems in magnetic strip card manufacturing and in reliability of the drives installed in the field. Competitive data cell systems were offered by NCR and RCA, but the IBM disk drive alternatives became more cost effective than IBM's or the competitive data cell systems. IBM's Data Cell Drive was withdrawn in 1975.
Date
2004-12-08
Contributor
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Bennet, Dave, Interviewee
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Carey, Clarke, Interviewee
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Hester, Harold, Interviewee
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Porter, James, Moderator
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Thompson, Herbert, Interviewee
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Publisher
Computer History Museum
Place of Publication
Mountain View, CA, USA
Extent
26 p.
Category
Transcription
Subject
Bennet, David; Carey, Clarke; Hester, Harold; Thompson, Herbert; IBM 2321; IBM 234; Allstate Insurance; IBM 360; Mylar magnetic strip; Haanastra, John; VLCM project; MARS project; NCR CRAM; RCA MCF; Storage history
Collection Title
Oral history collection
