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= Media types =
 
= Media types =
 
== Phonograph cylinders ==
 
== Phonograph cylinders ==
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=== Lakeside Indestructible cylinders ===
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{{Storage medium information |Image= <!-- [[Image:Lakeside-indestructible-records.jpg|thumb|150px|left]] --> |Label= [[:en:Lakeside Indestructible Cylinder Records|Lakeside Indestructible Cylinder Records]] |Manufactor=  [[:en:U.S. Phonograph Company|U.S. Phonograph Company]]  |Storage medium= [[:en:Phonograph cylinder|Phonograph cylinder]] |Material= [[Wikipedia:Celluloid|Celluloid]] |Time duration= 2-minute or 4-minute |Recording format= 2-minute: 2-[[Wikipedia:Inch|inch]], 100 [[:en:Tracks per inch|tpi]]; 4-minute: 2-inch, 200 tpi |Rotation speed= 150-160 [[:en:Revolutions per minute|rpm]] |Launch= 1908 |Production stop= 1912 |Additional info= [[:en:Indestructible cylinder|Indestructible cylinder]] with superior sound quality specially produced for the Montgomery Ward        department stores |Description= [http://cylinders.library.ucsb.edu/history-everlasting.php CYLINDERS] |Other_versions= }}
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=== U.S. Everlasting cylinders ===
 
=== U.S. Everlasting cylinders ===
 
{{Storage medium information |Image= [[Image:Us-everlasting-records.jpg|thumb|150px|left]] |Label= [[:en:U.S. Everlasting Records|U.S. Everlasting Records]] |Manufactor=  [[:en:U.S. Phonograph Company|U.S. Phonograph Company]]  |Storage medium= [[:en:Phonograph cylinder|Phonograph cylinder]] |Material= [[Wikipedia:Celluloid|Celluloid]] |Time duration= 2-minute or 4-minute |Recording format= 2-minute: 2-[[Wikipedia:Inch|inch]], 100 [[:en:Tracks per inch|tpi]]; 4-minute: 2-inch, 200 tpi |Rotation speed= 150-160 [[:en:Revolutions per minute|rpm]] |Launch= 1908 |Production stop= 1912 |Additional info= [[:en:Indestructible cylinder|Indestructible cylinder]] with superior sound quality |Description= [http://cylinders.library.ucsb.edu/history-everlasting.php CYLINDERS] |Other_versions= }}
 
{{Storage medium information |Image= [[Image:Us-everlasting-records.jpg|thumb|150px|left]] |Label= [[:en:U.S. Everlasting Records|U.S. Everlasting Records]] |Manufactor=  [[:en:U.S. Phonograph Company|U.S. Phonograph Company]]  |Storage medium= [[:en:Phonograph cylinder|Phonograph cylinder]] |Material= [[Wikipedia:Celluloid|Celluloid]] |Time duration= 2-minute or 4-minute |Recording format= 2-minute: 2-[[Wikipedia:Inch|inch]], 100 [[:en:Tracks per inch|tpi]]; 4-minute: 2-inch, 200 tpi |Rotation speed= 150-160 [[:en:Revolutions per minute|rpm]] |Launch= 1908 |Production stop= 1912 |Additional info= [[:en:Indestructible cylinder|Indestructible cylinder]] with superior sound quality |Description= [http://cylinders.library.ucsb.edu/history-everlasting.php CYLINDERS] |Other_versions= }}
  
 
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Revision as of 01:33, 9 June 2012

A data storage device is a device for recording (storing) information (data). Recording can be done using virtually any form of energy, spanning from manual muscle power in handwriting, to acoustic vibrations in phonographic recording, to electromagnetic energy modulating magnetic tape and optical discs.


Media types

Phonograph cylinders

Lakeside Indestructible cylinders

Image
Label Lakeside Indestructible Cylinder Records
Manufactor U.S. Phonograph Company
Storage medium Phonograph cylinder
Material Celluloid
Time duration 2-minute or 4-minute
Recording format 2-minute: 2-inch, 100 tpi; 4-minute: 2-inch, 200 tpi
Rotation speed 150-160 rpm
Launch 1908
Production stop 1912
Additional info Indestructible cylinder with superior sound quality specially produced for the Montgomery Ward department stores
Description CYLINDERS
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U.S. Everlasting cylinders

Image
Us-everlasting-records.jpg
Label U.S. Everlasting Records
Manufactor U.S. Phonograph Company
Storage medium Phonograph cylinder
Material Celluloid
Time duration 2-minute or 4-minute
Recording format 2-minute: 2-inch, 100 tpi; 4-minute: 2-inch, 200 tpi
Rotation speed 150-160 rpm
Launch 1908
Production stop 1912
Additional info Indestructible cylinder with superior sound quality
Description CYLINDERS
Media archives
Media pool