History: DEC TU45 magtape Drive

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TU45

The TU45 was a manually-loaded nine-track tape drive produced by DEC.

Used half-inch-wide industry standard magnetic tape with a capacity of 40MB at 1,600bpi per spool.

Data transfer speed of 120KB/s at 1,600bpi.

Maximum of 8 drives per controller.

Selectable recording density of either 1,600bpi or 800bpi selectable by software.

Read and write speed of 75 inch/s; rewind speed of 250 inch/s.

Could use tapes of any size up to 2,400-feet reels.

Manufacturer: Digital Equipment Corporation
Media: standard half-inch tape
Tape speed: 75 inch/s