Kennedy 9612 Tape Drive
This is a 19 inch rackmount reel-to-real tape drive, year unknown, which was used right up until 2001 by foo of bar. The longest of the tapes at highest recording density holds approximately 250MB
This is a serious piece of Big Iron. It probably weighs over 60kg, and cannot be lifted by one person without a trolley.
Here is a picture
Copyright 2008 Arthur Bullard.