IBM has been involved in manufacturing tape media for more than 50 years and has introduced numerous breakthrough technologies that are utilized in tape media for increased performance and effectiveness. IBM in 1928 invented the eighty-column punch card. In the year 1959, IBM introduced the first 729 read-write drive and in 1984 the first cartridge [...]

Everyone with a computer will encounter some type of error or unexplained crash. There are many instances when a user will consider enlisting the services of a computer maintenance expert to fix their problem. Before calling a computer technician, there are a number of things you can try to resolve the error. If the following [...]

There are more homes in the UK that have printers than those that don’t – fact – but many people experience problems with their printer due to one common fault: they don’t use them enough. This article will, hopefully, give you tips to protect your printer from blocking up (the most common printer fault) and [...]

Multimedia is that kind of media that uses multiple forms of information processing like text, audio, graphics, and animation, to inform or entertain the user. Multimedia also refers to the use of electronic media where the user or the interested buyers may experience multimedia content. With the simple formula of demands and supply today we [...]

Quantum uses the LGMR (Laser Guided Magnetic Recording) process in its reliable and dependable DLT tape format. DLT is an advanced backup storage media platform that supports its multiple versions. Four major innovative technologies are used in the Quantum SDLT (super DLT) backup tape format. These reliable technologies are POS (Pivoting Optical Servo), MRC (Magneto [...]

It happened to me, one of the worst things in the world. My computer died and I realized that although I owned an external hard drive, I had not at any point got round to backing up my files; and as a photographer that is cripplingly heartbreaking. Fortunately, a computer genius of a friend of [...]

Many of the components of your computer can be recycled and reused for making other materials. Instead of dumping these in your trash bin, taking them to your local recycling center is beneficial to the environment. Recycling centers promote the highest and best reuse of computer and electronic equipment, and recycle unusable items to keep [...]

HP Hewlett-Packard delivers high quality and resilient hard drives that fully support and assimilate across the enterprise Hewlett-Packard storage and server’s class line. Before the IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) hard drives, hard drive controller was used to interface the hard drives to the motherboard of PC. The basic servo and electronic functions along with the [...]

The SDLT data tape format has unique attribute of “buckling link” that helps in providing strong engagement with S-DLT backup tape drives. The enhanced modular design of the SDLT tape drive is drawn together on robotic production line. So the manufacturing flaws are checked automatically and the human interference is also minimized. Magnetic data tapes [...]