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3490 Tape Drives

Purchase 3490 tape drives. Fill out our Request Quote form for prices and additional information on 3490 tape drives.

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.


MP Tapes 3490 Tape Drives

Fujitsu 3490 Tape Drives

MP Tapes 3480
Fujitsu 3480
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.


Full 3490 Product List
DEC/Compaq
DEC TKZ60, TKZ61, TKZ62, TKZ643480/3490/3490E
Fujitsu
Fujitsu M1016BESCSI Tape Controller (CMPR)
Fujitsu M1016BDESCSI – DIFF Tape Controller (CMPR)
Fujitsu M1017BDESCSI – DIFF Tape Controller (CMPR)
Fujitsu M2483H /
M2485H
3490 Tape Drives
Fujitsu M24883480 / 3490 / 3490E 36-Track
Fujitsu M2481S02E3490 Dual Drive Table Top (CMPR)
JVC/Victor Data Systems
JVC (Victor Data Systems) 8436
JVC (Victor Data Systems) 8436F
M4 Data
M4 Data M490E3480 / 3490 / 3490E
M4 Data M490L3490 Autolibrary
MP Tapes
MP Tapes 84183480 / 3490 600MB Capacity w/compression
MP Tapes 84363480 / 3490 / 3490E 2.4GB Capacity w/compression
Tandem
Tandem 5190ACL18 Track Tape Cartridge Subsystem, ACL equipped
CRU
Tandem 519018 Track Tape Cartridge Subsystem, CRU Only
Tandem 5191ACL18 Track Tape Cartridge Subsystem, ACL equipped
CRU, Packaged in MSS Module
Tandem 519118 Track Tape Cartridge Subsystem, CRU Only,
Packaged in MSS Module
3480/3490/3490E – Read/Write Compatibility Chart
18-Track18-Track (compressed)36-Track
ReadWriteReadWriteReadWrite
M2481B...
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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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