Tangible Media: Removable Storage of Image, Sound, Motion and Data
Tangible Media: Removable Storage of Image, Sound, Motion and Data
Tangible Media: Removable Storage of Image, Sound, Motion and Data
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IBM 1416 Train Cartridge

Date:

1964

Material:

Case-hardened steel slugs, steel cartridge

Dimensions:

17½ x 2½ in. (445 x 64 mm)

Company:

IBM Corp.

Location:

Armonk, New York, United States

A printer chain cartridge for the IBM 1403 series of line printers. Different cartridges held different sets of characters. The 1403 could print 1100 132-character lines per minute. The chain travelled at 206 in. per second. Hammers would strike the slugs as they passed over the desired location on the page.