Artifact Details

Title

LINC dual tape drive unit

Catalog Number

102731172

Type

Physical object

Description

The object is a metal unit housed in a blue wooden case (open in both the front and the back). On the front of the object are two tape drives, labeled (with Dymo labels) "PROGRAMS" and "DATA FROM LINC." On the back of the object are two power connectors and two cable connectors. One cable connector is labeled "MA."

Date

1962 ca.

Identifying Numbers

Other number 113 60N Written on a piece of masking tape on the back of the object
Other number A Written on a piece of tape on the back of the object
Other number FSDM 1 Embossed on a red Dymo label on the right hand tape reel on the left-hand tape unit
Other number GB 28 1 Written on a paper label on the left-hand tape reel on the left-hand tape unit
Other number User #179 Gordon Bell Written on a paper label on the left-hand tape reel on the left-hand tape unit

Dimensions

overall: 9 1/2 in x 19 1/2 in x 19 1/2 in

Category

Memory & storage/tape
 

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