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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Linear Helical-Scan
Three Quarter Inch
(~19 mm)

LINCtape (1962) - DECtape (1963)

Sony DIR (19xx) -
Ampex DST (1992)
Half Inch
(12.65 mm)

UNISERVO (1951) - IBM 7 Track (1952) - IBM 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)

Exabyte (1987) - Mammoth (1994) - AIT (1996) - VXA (1999)
Quarter Inch
(6.35 mm)

QIC (1972) - SLR (1986)
Four Millimeter
(3.8 mm)

DC100 (1976) - DECtapeII (1979)

DDS/DAT (1989)
One Eighth Inch
(3.18 mm)

KC Standard, Compact Cassette (1975) - Datassette (1977)
Stringy
(1.58 - 1.9 mm)

Exatron Stringy Floppy (1979) - ZX Microdrive (1983) - Rotronics Wafadrive (1984)
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