On January 7, 2017 5:06:32 AM CST, jim stephens <jwsm...@jwsss.com> wrote: > > >On 1/6/2017 6:46 PM, Rick Bensene wrote: >> Today, there seems to be no record that 3M ever was in the computer >business. But...it was. >They inflicted the write only media on the world that became QIC. So >they were in the biz long enough to do that. > >Media never intended to be recorded at the densities most devices >recorded at, and never intended to have the tape move at the speeds it >did inside the cartridge. Won't go on and on about it, old topic. > >They did make a tape drive of some sort, I recall seeing they marketed >something to read and write their own tapes a very long time ago. > >thanks >jim
Everything "computer" that 3M did became Imation's and the Imation world headquarters here in Oakdale MN is now a giant empty building with a tattered "for lease" tarp covering up the Imation logo sign at the entrance to the property. Rumor has it the facility may become the HQ for a furniture store called Slumberland. Oh, the irony. Chris -- Chris Elmquist
