Digital Instrumentation Recorder
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Digital Instrumentation Recorder is a magnetic tape data storage format developed by Sony. It uses a 3/4" wide tape, in a cassette with two reels, which is written and read with a helical scan process.
[edit] Generations
[edit] D1
- Up to 64 MB/sec data transfer speed
- Up to 96 GB data capacity
- ANSI ID-1 standard
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| Magnetic tape data storage formats | ||
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| Linear | Helical-Scan | |
| Three Quarter Inch (~19 mm) |
Sony DIR (19xx) - |
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| Half Inch (12.65 mm) |
UNISERVO (1951) - IBM 7 Track (1952) - 9 Track (1964) - IBM 3480 (1984) - DLT (1984) - IBM 3590 (1995) - T9840 (1998) - T9940 (2000) - LTO Ultrium (2000) - T10000 (2006) |
Redwood SD-3 (1995) - DTF (19xx) - SAIT (2003) |
| Eight Millimeter (8 mm) |
Travan (1995) - IBM 3570 MP (1997) |
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| Quarter Inch (6.35 mm) |
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| Eighth Inch (3.81 mm) |
KC Standard, Compact Cassette (1975) - DC100 (1976) - Datassette (1977) - DECtapeII (1979) |
DDS/DAT (1989) |
| Stringy (1.58 - 1.9 mm) |
Exatron Stringy Floppy (1979) - ZX Microdrive (1983) - Rotronics Wafadrive (1984) |
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