A History of Computer Storage formats

ral-clan · Post by **ral-clan** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 12:59 pm

Article on the history of computer storage formats.

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/c ... page=0%2C0

It shows a VIC datasette (but mentions the C64 among others and not the VIC).

eslapion · Post by **eslapion** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 9:02 am

Nice!

I can think of a few formats they missed, such as the QIC backup tape carts and the DDS tapes still in use today but most of the mainstream formats are there.

6502dude · Post by **6502dude** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 10:02 am

Qic was mentioned on page 3 of the article.

DDS, DLT, & LTO3 essentially use same concept as T10000 Magnetic Tape noted on page 2.

I stopped using DDS3 for backup of my home systems a couple of years ago and now use DLT4.

It is a good article and interesting read.

eslapion · Post by **eslapion** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 10:35 am

Noteworthy, the stickers on the 5.25" and 3.5" floppies...

"Maniac Mansion" and "The day of the tentacle"...