https://gunkies.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=LINC_Tape_II 2026-11-01T20:24:41Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.43.11 https://gunkies.org/w/index.php?title=LINC_Tape_II&diff=37748&oldid=prev 2026-10-31T14:20:23Z

<p>Format err</p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 14:20, 31 October 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Computer Operations, Inc made </del>'''LINC Tape II''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.  Compared to </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">legacy </del>[[LINC tape]], <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">there was </del>an expanded capacity <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">of </del>up to 656 blocks of 256 16-bit words on a 260 feet tape.  In addition, the data tracks could be used in either "A/A mode" for redundancy, or "A/B mode" for doubled capacity without redundancy.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''LINC Tape II''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">' was a descendant of </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">original </ins>[[LINC tape]]<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">; it was made by Computer Operations, Inc. Compared to the original</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">it had </ins>an expanded capacity<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">; </ins>up to 656 blocks of 256 16-bit words<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </ins>on a 260 feet tape.  In addition, the data tracks could be used in either "A/A mode" for <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">robustness via [[redundant|</ins>redundancy<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins>, or "A/B mode" for doubled capacity without redundancy.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==External links==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==External links==</div></td></tr> <!-- diff cache key mediawiki-wiki_:diff:1.41:old-37747:rev-37748:php=table --> </table>

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<p>Create.</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>Computer Operations, Inc made &#039;&#039;&#039;LINC Tape II&#039;&#039;. Compared to the legacy [[LINC tape]], there was an expanded capacity of up to 656 blocks of 256 16-bit words on a 260 feet tape. In addition, the data tracks could be used in either &quot;A/A mode&quot; for redundancy, or &quot;A/B mode&quot; for doubled capacity without redundancy.<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> <br /> * [https://vtda.org/pubs/HomebrewComputerClub/102686584-05-01-acc.pdf LINC Tape II - Direct Access Mini-Computer Mass Storage System] from Computer Operations, Inc.<br /> <br /> [[Category: Magnetic Tape]]</div>

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