坎坷走过50载就在蓝色巨人IBM正式推出第一款磁盘产品的4年前,也就是1952年,这家开创了众多技术先河的厂商推出了世界上第一款磁带产品--726型磁带驱动器。这款产品可以在一卷直径为12英寸的磁带条上存储1.4MB的数据。这个容量仅与早已成为历史的1片软盘的容量相等。当时所采用的磁带记录介质由3M公司负责开发的。后来3M的这个磁带部门就发展成如今的怡敏信(Imation)公司,该公司到目前一直都是磁带产品的重要提供商。 Roughly through 50 years on the blue giant IBM officially launched the first disk products 4 years ago, that is, in 1952, this pioneer in the creation of many technology companies introduced the world’s first tape products - Model 726 Tape drive. This product stores 1.4MB of data on a roll of 12-inch diameter tape. This capacity is only equal to the capacity of a floppy disk that has long been history. The tape recording media used at that time was developed by 3M Company. Later, 3M’s tape division evolved into today’s Imation company, which until now has been an important supplier of tape products.