Template:Magnetic tape data formats

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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) - 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)

Data8 (1987) - Mammoth (1994) - AIT (1996) - VXA (1999)

Quarter Inch
(6.35 mm)

QIC (1972) - SLR (1986) - Ditto (1992)

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)