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IBM 2420 Magnetic Tape Unit
The IBM 2420 Magnetic Tape Unit was introduced in 1968 as the fastest self-threading magnetic tape unit using standard computer tape. Information was stored on or read from a half-inch wide tape at a data rate of 320,000 bytes a second.
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