3490 Tape Drives
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CPU has sold 3480/3490 technology for over 15 years to companies around the world. We continue to sell and support these drives worldwide. We also offer spare parts, maintenance and service for these drives. We will rent these drives if this requirement is needed.
Customers who prefer the read/write capabilities of the 3490 format have a number of tape solutions to choose from. Our featured products are the IBM, Overland Data, MP Tape and Fujitsu 3480/3490 drives. We can’t always list everything, so if you don’t see something here just give us a call at 800-278-3480–we’ve probably got it!
Any 3490 tape drive purchased from us includes unlimited 1-800
technical support for the life of the product.
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MP Tapes 3490 Tape Drives
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Fujitsu 3490 Tape Drives
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The MP-8418 by MP Tapes reads and writes tape formats compatible with the IBM 3480 tape drives. Mathematical analysis of all mechanical components resulted in the lowest number of components of any 3480 and 3490 compatible drive on the market. |
The M2483H and M2485H drives, with 2-megabyte buffers, can attain a continuous stream of data input/output that offers a sustained data transfer rate of 3 megabytes per second.
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Full 3490 Product List
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DEC/Compaq |
DEC TKZ60, TKZ61, TKZ62, TKZ64 |
3480/3490/3490E |
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Fujitsu |
Fujitsu M1016BE |
SCSI Tape Controller (CMPR) |
Fujitsu M1016BDE |
SCSI – DIFF Tape Controller (CMPR) |
Fujitsu M1017BDE |
SCSI – DIFF Tape Controller (CMPR) |
Fujitsu M2483H /
M2485H |
3490 Tape Drives |
Fujitsu M2488 |
3480 / 3490 / 3490E 36-Track |
Fujitsu M2481S02E |
3490 Dual Drive Table Top (CMPR) |
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JVC/Victor Data Systems |
JVC (Victor Data Systems) 8436 |
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JVC (Victor Data Systems) 8436F |
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M4 Data |
M4 Data M490E |
3480 / 3490 / 3490E |
M4 Data M490L |
3490 Autolibrary |
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MP Tapes |
MP Tapes 8418 |
3480 / 3490 600MB Capacity w/compression |
MP Tapes 8436 |
3480 / 3490 / 3490E 2.4GB Capacity w/compression |
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Tandem |
Tandem 5190ACL |
18 Track Tape Cartridge Subsystem, ACL equipped
CRU |
Tandem 5190 |
18 Track Tape Cartridge Subsystem, CRU Only |
Tandem 5191ACL |
18 Track Tape Cartridge Subsystem, ACL equipped
CRU, Packaged in MSS Module |
Tandem 5191 |
18 Track Tape Cartridge Subsystem, CRU Only,
Packaged in MSS Module |
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3480/3490/3490E – Read/Write Compatibility Chart |
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18-Track |
18-Track (compressed) |
36-Track |
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M2481B |
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M2483B / M2485B |
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M2483H / M2485H |
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M2483K / M2485K |
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M2488C |
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M2488E |
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T490 |
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T490E |
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MP8418 |
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MP8436 |
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