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Historical Computers in Japan

Peripheral Equipment

Magnetic Tape Units

  • Timeline
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YearMonthJapan
1959 05 NEC completed the 542, a 1/2-inch wide, 8-track magnetic tape unit.
1960 08 Fujitsu completed the FACOM 601 magnetic tape unit, the company’s first, with a tension arm shock-absorbing mechanism.
1961 05 Oki Electric completed the OKITAC-5099, the company’s first commercial magnetic tape unit.
1962   Hitachi completed the H-144 open reel magnetic tape unit of 8-track, 80 BPI with a tension arm.
1962   NEC competed the 543A magnetic tape unit of a 1/2-inch wide, 7-track with a tape speed of 4 m/s.
1964 04 NEC completed the N204A 3/4-inch magnetic tape unit and the N204B 1/2-inch magnetic tape unit.
1964 06 Fujitsu completed the FACOM 603A magnetic tape unit employing a vacuum shock-absorbing column mechanism and innovative single capstan drive.
1966 08 NEC announced the E204 2-deck type small magnetic tape unit.
1967 09 Hitachi completed the H-8445 open reel magnetic tape unit of 800 BPI with vacuum double capstan drive for the HITAC 8000 Series.
1967   Fujitsu completed the FACOM 401A magazine file magnetic tape unit using a cartridge media for the first time in Japan.
1969 05 Hitachi completed the H-8453 open reel magnetic tape unit of 1600 BPI, the highest performance in Japan.
1969   Fujitsu completed the FACOM 608B, K magnetic tape unit for small systems using a half size reel and equipped with 2 decks in a single enclosure.
1971 11 Hitachi completed the H-8455 open reel magnetic tape unit with an automatic tapethreading mechanism for the first time in Japan.
1974 04 Hitachi completed the H-8468-1 open reel magnetic tape unit that provides automatic tape loading with one-touch (automatic tape setting to the hub and threading functions).
1974 05 NEC announced the N7620 Series magnetic tape unit with 1600 RPI (PE)/800 RPI (NRZ).
1975 02 Fujitsu completed the FACOM 610A magnetic tape unit with the company’s first automatic tape loading mechanism.
1975 06 NEC announced the N7630 Series magnetic tape unit with 6250 RPI (GCR)/1600 RPI (PE).
1976 05 Hitachi completed the H-8488-1 open reel magnetic tape unit with 6250 BPI for export.
1976   Fujitsu completed the FACOM 611A magnetic tape unit employing a new recording method (GCR) to achieve high recording density and high performance.
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