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Why Drives are Called "Drives" if They Aren't Drives?

Photo: Tape Drives (1961)

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A black and white photograph featuring five people talking in a room. Next to the walls, devices as tall as the people can be seen. Each with two circular shapes inside a glass pane that are larger than a person's head. A chair in front of a panel full of buttons can also be seen.

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The IBM 7090 computer and its tape drives, Ames Research Center, year 1961. Photo: Emerson Shaw via NASA. License: in Public Domain.

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