Archive Corp.


Archive Corporation was a computer tape drive manufacturer, based in Costa Mesa, California that was acquired by Conner Peripherals in 1993.
Of particular note are the Archive DDS tape drives produced for Silicon Graphics that could also read and write Digital Audio Tapes.
Prior to this, Archive was a leading vendor of the very popular QIC format which was a popular distribution format for UNIX workstations and servers. For example, Sun-3 and Sun-4 software was most commonly distributed on QIC media before the CD-ROM became more cost-effective. Archive was probably better known for their QIC drives.

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