Hardware Detail
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HW0617 | ||
Machine Type: |
3850 | Serial Number: |
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| 3850 MSS Cartridge | |||
| 3850 MSS Cartridge The MSS (as it was known) consisted of a library of cylindrical plastic cartridges, two inches wide and 4 inches (100 mm) long, each holding a spool of tape 770 inches (20 m) long storing 50MB. These cartridges were held in a hexagonal array of bins in the IBM 3851 Mass Storage Facility. New cartridges were rolled into the facility and were automatically stored in a vacant bin. The data was accessed via one or two IBM 3330 disk drives, the data being transferred automatically between cartridge and disk drive in processes called staging and destaging. These were all connected together with the IBM 3830 Storage Control (also used for disk storage alone), the entire system making up a 3850 unit. | |||
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Hursley Archive - HLG06 | Cupboard / Rack: Box | Shelf: 1 |
