Cartridge, tape
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- OBJECT TYPE
- 2.0 GB/90 M./295 FT.
- DATE
- 1990–1997
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0007.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Sony Corp.
- MODEL
- DG90M
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- E4411263
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SYNTHETIC CARTRIDGE, REELS, TAPE/ SYNTHETIC CASE/ PAPER CASE LINER, LABELS (UNUSED)
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 8.2 cm
- Width
- 6.0 cm
- Height
- 1.7 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
- Sony
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- UNUSED - GENERALLY IN 1990S
- Canada
-
JAPANESE 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 SMALL FORMAT COMPUTER DATA STORAGE TAPE OF 1990S, OF TYPE OFTEN USED TO BACKUP FILES ON STAND ALONE PERSONAL COMPUTERS. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- BROWN LETTERING ON CARTRIDGE READS"SONY (LOGO)/ Media Recognition System/ DG90M" WITH WHITE "MADE IN JAPAN E4411263"/ WHITE & BROWN LETTERING ON CASE LINER READING "SONY/ 90M/ COMPUTER GRADE/ DATA CARTRIDGE/ CARTOUCHE DE DONNEES/ Native Capacity 2.0 GB/ 90m/295 feet" & "Sony Corporation Tokyo Japan/ Made in Japan/ Fabrique en Japon"/ BAR CODE LABEL ON CASE LINER READING "27242 45713"
- Missing
- None apparent
- Finish
- BLACK TEXTURED CARTRIDGE & TAPE, ORANGE REELS/ COLORLESS, TRANSPARENT CASE/ MULTICOLOURED BLUE & PURPLE PAPER CASE LINER WITH WHITE BACK/ WHITE & YELLOW LABELS
- Decoration
- BROWN LOGO READING "DIGITAL/ DATA/ STORAGE"ON CASE LINER
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Sony Corp., Cartridge, tape, between 1990–1997, Artifact no. 1997.0007, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1997.0007.001/
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