TU80 Tape Transport
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| TU80 | |
| Manufacturer: | Digital Equipment Corporation |
|---|---|
| Media: | standard half-inch tape, 2400 ft. maximum |
| Tape density: | 1600 bpi |
| Tape speed: | 100 inch/sec (streaming) or 25 inch/sec (start/stop) |
The TU80 was a manually-loaded nine-track tape drive sold by DEC for the PDP-11 and VAX computers.
It was manufactured for DEC by Computer Peripherals, Inc. (CPI) of Morristown, Pennsylvania. CPI was a subsidiary of Control Data Corporation (CDC), which besides being a computer manufacturer themselves also provided peripherals and storage components for other vendors.
