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square tape

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(storage)square tape - Mainframe magnetic tape cartridges for use with IBM 3480 or compatible tape drives; or QIC tapes used on workstations and microcomputers. The term comes from the square (actually rectangular) shape of the cartridges; contrast round tape.
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For example, round reel 3420-type drives present in 1974 were replaced starting in 1984 by square tape made with chromium dioxide magnetic particles.
The storage lifetime of removable media by Chesher, Mary / Computer Technology Review
Using a 360-tape library such as the TLS 412360 from Qualstar, and TapeLabs' 3490 emulation, a user can now have 23,000 square tapes online at a cost of $1.
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