HP 2020 Tape Drive
All Hardware
1966
Description
The first tape drives for HP computers were the Kennedy record-only tape drives. These drives recorded on IBM-compatible half-inch 7-channel NRZI tape. They had a recording speed of 400 characters per second. The Kennedy 1406 was priced at $6,400 and the Kennedy 1506 was priced at $7,650 (with a larger reel capacity).