Ampex FR-900 tape drives
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The Ampex FR-900 tape drives were rare even in the 1960s and then cost $300,000.
Evans eventually was able to find four of these rare Ampex FR-900 tape drives, but after her project stalled, they were stored away to collect dust at her California ranch before Wingo and Cowing got word of their existence via a Usenet group.
July 23, 2010 10:25 AM PDT
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