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{{Infobox Tape drive
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| name = TU78
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| tape speed = 125 inch/sec
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| media = standard half-inch 9-track tape
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| manufacturer = [[Digital Equipment Corporation]]
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| year introduced = 1980 or 1981
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| tape density = 1600 bpi, 6250 bpi
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}}
 
[[Image:tu78.jpg|200px|right|TU78]]
 
[[Image:tu78.jpg|200px|right|TU78]]
  
A tape drive! Apparently made in 1984.
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A tape drive!
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The TU78 supports two data formats: phase-encoded (PE) or group code recording (GCR). Bit density is 1600 bits per inch for the PE format and 6250 bits per inch for the GCR format. The drive can read data in forward as well as reverse direction.
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Pneumatic (vacuum) tape loading.
  
 
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Revision as of 11:16, 4 March 2013


TU78
Manufacturer: Digital Equipment Corporation
Media: standard half-inch 9-track tape
Tape density: 1600 bpi, 6250 bpi
Tape speed: 125 inch/sec
Year Introduced: 1980 or 1981
TU78

A tape drive!

The TU78 supports two data formats: phase-encoded (PE) or group code recording (GCR). Bit density is 1600 bits per inch for the PE format and 6250 bits per inch for the GCR format. The drive can read data in forward as well as reverse direction.

Pneumatic (vacuum) tape loading.