On 04/08/2019 06:10 PM, Tom Gardner via cctalk wrote:
FWIW the tape drive is an IBM 2315 announced April 16, 1965 
<https://www.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/dpd50/dpd50_chronology3.html>  for use on 
low end S/360s.  Here is a brochure 
<http://ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/IBM-ProdAnn/2415.pdf>  as well as manuals at 
http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/2415/


So, is that a capstan and pinch roller drive? I'd kind of guess so, if announced in 1965. (for future readers, 2315 is apparently a typo, 2415 would fit in with 24xx models being tape drives, 23xx was for disks.)

Jon

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