Travan
Sign in to saveright|thumb|300px|A Travan tape cartridge shown next to a CD-R|CD-R disc. alt=Travan TR-1 Magnetic Tape Minicartridge, Internal|thumb|300x300px|The internals of a 400 MB Travan tape cartridge. Travan is an 8 mm magnetic tape cartridge design developed by the 3M company, used for the storage of data in computer backups and mass storage. Over time, subsequent versions of Travan cartridges and drives have been developed that provide greater data capacity, while retaining the standard 8 mm width and 750' length. Travan is standardized under the QIC body. HP Colorado, Iomega DittoMax and AIWA Bolt
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Travan TR-1 Magnetic Tape Minicartridge, Internal.jpg
Show 1 more fact
- Commons category
- Travan
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~5 min read
Article
10 sectionsContents
- Generations
- TR-1
- TR-2
- TR-3
- TR-4
- TR-5
- TR-7
- Technology
- References
- External links
right|thumb|300px|A Travan tape cartridge shown next to a CD-R|CD-R disc. alt=Travan TR-1 Magnetic Tape Minicartridge, Internal|thumb|300x300px|The internals of a 400 MB Travan tape cartridge. Travan is an 8 mm magnetic tape cartridge design developed by the 3M company, used for the storage of data in computer backups and mass storage. Over time, subsequent versions of Travan cartridges and drives have been developed that provide greater data capacity, while retaining the standard 8 mm width and 750' length. Travan is standardized under the QIC body. HP Colorado, Iomega DittoMax and AIWA Bolt are proprietary versions of the Travan format.
The Travan format competed mainly against the DDS, AIT, and VXA formats.