HP 2020 Tape Drive

By admin , 15 December 2015
2020
Description

The first tape drives for HP computers were the Kennedy record-only tape drives. These drives recorded on IBM-compatible half-inch 7-channel NRZI tape. They had a recording speed of 400 characters per second. The Kennedy 1406 was priced at $6,400 and the Kennedy 1506 was priced at $7,650 (with a larger reel capacity).

Year First Manufactured
1966

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