Built-In Tape Unit; The 5106 Auxiliary Tape Unit - IBM 5110 General Information And Physical Planning Manual

Built-in Tape Unit
The built-in tape unit is available only on the 5110 Model 1. Each tape
cartridge has a storage capacity of approximately 204,000 bytes, on high
quality, reusable tape. The tape unit accesses the tape data cartridge at the
following rates:
Searching for Data
Reading Data
Writing/Verifying Data
Data Transfer,
Average Access Time
40 inches/second
2,850 bytes/second
950 bytes / second
4,000 bytes/second
30 seconds
The data stored on a tape cartridge can be protected from accidental erasure
through a protect feature. Also, when you leave the 5110, you can take the
tape cartridge with you to ensure the safety and security of your data.
THE 5106 AUXILIARY TAPE UNIT
You can attach the auxiliary tape unit to the 5110 Modell to increase your
online tape storage capability to approximately 408K bytes. The auxiliary tape
unit can also be used to generate backup tapes and to provide access to two
data files.
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