Cartridge, tape
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- OBJECT TYPE
- 150 MB/189 M./620 FT.
- DATE
- 1991–1997
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0006.001
- MANUFACTURER
- 3M
- MODEL
- DC 6150
- LOCATION
- St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 2017051793
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SYNTHETIC TAPE CARTRIDGE WITH METAL BACK/ SYNTHETIC REELS, TAPE/ PAPER LABELS & CASE LINER/ SYNTHETIC CASE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 16.2 cm
- Width
- 10.9 cm
- Height
- 2.3 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Computing Technology
- Category
- Digital peripheral devices
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- 3M
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Minnesota
- City
- St. Paul
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- UNUSED - GENERALLY 1990S
- Canada
-
AMERICAN MADE DATA STORAGE DISK OF TYPE USED IN CANADA & ELSEWHERE. - Function
-
MEDIUM UPON WHICH COMPUTER DATA IS STORED MAGNETICALLY BY TAPE DRIVE UNIT, USUALLY FOR LARGE SCALE AND/OR LONG TERM STORAGE. THIS EXAMPLE IS OF TYPE USED PRIMARILY AS BACKUP TAPE TO STORE TEXT FILES, DATA BASES ETC. FOR SAFEKEEPING. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF LARGE FORMAT, HIGH QUALITY, HIGH DENSITY COMPUTER DATA STORAGE TAPE OF 1990S, OF TYPE OFTEN USED BY INFORMATICS PEOPLE AS BACKUP FOR SERVERS, FOR INSTANCE. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- BLACK LETTERING ON CARTRIDGE LABEL READING "DC 6150 DATA CARTRIDGE TAPE/ 150 Mbytes/ 620 ft (189.0m)/ data cartridge/ technology"/ BLACK LETTERING ON METAL CARTRIDGE BACK READING "2017051793/ B42 0722 C2 1/ MADE IN U S A / 6150"/ BLACK LETTERING ON CASE LINER READING "3M/ DC 6150/ DATA CARTRIDGE/ 150 Mbytes 620 ft (189.0)/ Certified by 3M", "3M Data Storage Markets Division/ St. Paul, MN 55144-1000" & "(C) 3M 1991" WITH INSTRUCTIONS & OTHER INFO.
- Missing
- COMPLETE
- Finish
- TEXTURED, COLOURLESS, TRANSPARENT TAPE CARTRIDGE, WHITE REELS, BLACK TAPE/ METALLIC CARTRIDGE BACK/ GREY LABEL ONCARTRIDGE/ WHITE CARTRIDGE LABELS (UNUSED)/ WHITE, TRANSLUCENT CASE WITH GREY & WHITE CASE LINER
- Decoration
- RED "3M" ON CARTRIDGE, LINER NOTES, CARTRIDGE LABELS
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3M, Cartridge, tape, between 1991–1997, Artifact no. 1997.0006, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1997.0006.001/
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