![A computer operator changes the tape on an IBM 370/168 computer at the 552nd Airborne Warning and Control Wing computer center - NARA & DVIDS Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search A computer operator changes the tape on an IBM 370/168 computer at the 552nd Airborne Warning and Control Wing computer center - NARA & DVIDS Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search](https://cdn10.picryl.com/photo/1978/12/01/a-computer-operator-changes-the-tape-on-an-ibm-370168-computer-at-the-552nd-d4d3a2-1600.jpg)
A computer operator changes the tape on an IBM 370/168 computer at the 552nd Airborne Warning and Control Wing computer center - NARA & DVIDS Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search
MIT IS&T on Twitter: "If you like classic magnetic tape drives, then you'll love this pic of these @IBM 3420 drives (along with other classic computer hardware) taken in @MIT's building W91
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BCIT Business Management image of a women loading a computer, IBM 3420, magnetic tape drive with a man observing. - Archives & Special Collections
![BCIT Business Management image of a women starting up a computer, IBM 3420, magnetic tape drive - Archives & Special Collections BCIT Business Management image of a women starting up a computer, IBM 3420, magnetic tape drive - Archives & Special Collections](https://atom.lib.bcit.ca/uploads/r/null/f/9/c/f9c849795175153764038af937ac70d402fe0113e4534f067f455312891ca6a3/a002158_141.jpg)
BCIT Business Management image of a women starting up a computer, IBM 3420, magnetic tape drive - Archives & Special Collections
![I need VintageComputing's help. In the early 1980's, my father rescued these IBM and Calcomp mainframe components which his university was going to scrap, and he's been storing them ever since. Now I need VintageComputing's help. In the early 1980's, my father rescued these IBM and Calcomp mainframe components which his university was going to scrap, and he's been storing them ever since. Now](https://external-preview.redd.it/2YFR9cJfRuQNCeHemkXSNFTw8TLUSPXMyDLdtzg3mc8.jpg?auto=webp&s=4cd325b3fc9cd128ad01e340cc357bab6701b7c0)