[1] Introduced in mid-1976,[2] it was developed as a data storage mechanism for the HP 9820 programmable calculator.
[7] Tape transports were manufactured by 3M,[5] as well as North Atlantic Qantex,[8][9] Instrumentation Technology Corporation,[10] and Beehive International.
[11] Outside of HP, the format suffered from poor adoption rates four years after its introduction, according to Wayne Green.
[12] Bucking this trend, Computer Automation's LSI-2 minicomputers saw compatibility with the DC100 format with the release of the TDCA-100 tape transport system by Telegenix in 1981.
[14] Digital Equipment Corporation's DC150 cartridge, a variation of DC100 with slightly higher capacity, was used in DEC's DECtape II drives.