Difference between revisions of "Data storage device"

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= Media types =
 
= Media types =
 
== Phonograph cylinders ==
 
== Phonograph 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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=== [[Edison Records]] ===
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* [[Edison wax Amberol cylinders]] (1908-1912)
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* [[Edison Blue Amberol cylinders]] (1912-1929)
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* [[Cylindres Edison moulés sur or]]
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* [[Edison Goldguss Walze]]
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* [[Edison Gold Moulded cylinders]] (1902-1912)
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* [[Edison Grand Opera Amberol cylinders]]
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* [[Edison Records in Chinese]]
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=== [[U.S. Phonograph Company]] ===
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* [[Lakeside indestructible cylinders]]
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* [[U.S. Everlasting cylinders]]
  
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=== U.S. Everlasting cylinders ===
 
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{{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= }}
 
  
 
[[Category:Storage media]]
 
[[Category:Storage media]]

Revision as of 11:48, 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

Columbia Records

Edison Records

U.S. Phonograph Company

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