Our S/38 had slots for 3-8" diskette mezzanines (10 diskettes per) and 3
single diskettes. We had no tape drive. Our weekly backup took 60+ (yes,
60+) magazines.
Our first AS/400 B40 has a single 8" diskette slot. 600+ diskettes later,
we had a functioning AS/400.
Leo
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Subject: RE: Floppy drives on ancient AS/400's
James,
We had a 3410/3411.
2nd pic top left.
https://www.google.com/search?q=IBM+3411+picture&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&f
ir=7imiJ6eRM7bZKM%252C2_nn373XJWellM%252C_&vet=1&usg=AI4_-kSSM1KIa-N6Stydf-x
KyJaUDB8UZw&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiv_OamudvwAhUOGFkFHe3WAxkQ9QF6BAgHEAE#imgrc=7imi
J6eRM7bZKM
More good pictures.
https://www.google.com/search?q=IBM+S/38+tape+device+history&tbm=isch&source
=iu&ictx=1&fir=bJTCBBh7Y4bUbM%252CIhQrCZ1igqoX1M%252C_&vet=1&usg=AI4_-kRK8Oc
jybfNZytNqH-NP0eC6pDtZA&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi8qtSEttvwAhUrFlkFHTR4Cz0Q_h16BAgPEA
E#imgrc=bJTCBBh7Y4bUbM
Paul
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H. H. Lampert
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Subject: Re: Floppy drives on ancient AS/400's
On 5/21/21 10:26 AM, Steinmetz, Paul via MIDRANGE-L wrote:
In the late 80's our S/38 had the below.
8" floppy - Used for system maintenance.
Hmm. As it happens, the 4341 I mentioned in another thread had 8" floppy
drives buried inside at least one, and possibly several, of the cabinets.
BTW, are there any pictures of what a 1/2" reel tape drive even *looks
like* on an AS/400? Does it look like your typical mainframe tape drive,
vacuum columns and all? (I think the only place I can recall seeing tape
drives of that sort in operation, in person, is at the Computer History
Museum, in Mountain View, on their restored IBM 1401 [and maybe also their
restored PDP-1, although I think *that* uses a *punched paper
tape* drive]).
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