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by Bill Detwiler | June 11, 2010, 3:09pm PDT | Image 1 of 16
IBM 3850 Mass Storage Device (1 of 2)
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Patrick Sneed sent in this picture of a 25-year-old tape cartridge from an IBM 3850 Mass Storage Device. "The tape retrieval device ran on little railroad tracks down the center of the machine," Patrick wrote, "You could open the doors to work on it while it was in use but it could literally take your head off when it passed by."
Photo by Patrick Sneed
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