Tangible Media: Removable Storage of Image, Sound, Motion and Data
Tangible Media: Removable Storage of Image, Sound, Motion and Data
Tangible Media: Removable Storage of Image, Sound, Motion and Data
Chemistry
IBM 1360 Photostore

Date:

c. 1966

Material:

Photographic film, plastic container

Dimensions:

3⅞ × 1‌1⁄16 × 1‌9⁄16 in. (98 × 26 × 40 mm)

Company:

IBM Inc.

Location:

Armonk, New York, United States

A high capacity storage cell for a robotic mass storage library. Each cell contained 32 silver-halide photographic film chips and held approximately 150 Mbits (18.7 GB). The entire system could hold up to 1 TB of data. Data was written with an electron beam and read using a CRT flying spot scanner and a photocell.