1360 Cypress photo-digital storage system cartridge
Catalog Number
XD221.80
Type
Physical object
Description
The object is a storage module with 32 chips of film, each chip containing 32 fields and each field having 128K bits(?). The storage system is equivalent to magnetic tape 800 bpi. There are 10k cartridges in photostore on line. There is random access to any bit. The reading rate is 2Mbps. One digital storage cell bears the following label: "Digital Storage Cell IBM Photo-Digital Storage System Direct Access Capacity in Trillion - Bit Range Cell Holds 150 Million Bits on 32 Film Chips".
Date
1967
Manufacturer
International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)
Place Manufactured
U.S.
Identifying Numbers
Model number
1360
Dimensions
overall: 3 in x 1 3/4 in x 1 1/4 in
Category
Memory/optical
Subject
mechanical; optical
Credit
Gift of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)