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Storage · IBM

IBM 726

Unknown year hdd

Storage hardware entry sourced from Wikipedia: IBM 726.

Key specifications

Type
HDD

general

Composition Cellulose acetate base
Copy groups/inch 100 copy groups/inch
End of record gap 1 Inch - 100 chars - 16.67 words
Length of reel 1 200 feet
Start time 10 ms
Stop time 10 ms
Tape speed 75 Inches/sec
Tracks 6 Data, 1 parity
Transfer rate 7500 copy groups/sec
Width of tape 1/2 inch

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