IBM 729 the tape reel. A 3/4 inch gap between records allowed the mechanism enough time to stop the tape. Initial tape speed was 75 inches per second (2.95 m/s) and recording density was 200 characters per inch, giving a transfer speed of 120 kbit/s. Later 729 models supported 556 and 800 characters/inch (transfer speed 480 kbit/s). At 200 characters per inch, a single 2400 foot tape could store the equivalent of some 50,000 punched cards (about 4,000,000 six-bit bytes, or 3 MByte). The 729 series was superseded by 9 track tape drives introduced with the IBM System/360. The IBM 729 I
Florida State Road 729 Florida State Road 729 Known to residents of Pahokee, Florida, as State Market Road, State Road 729 (SR 729) is a long north–south road bypassing the city on the southeastern shore of Lake Okeechobee. SR 729 is entirely within the city limits of Pahokee and serves as a truck bypass. As motorists driving northbound on US 98/441/SR 15 veer to the west onto East Seventh Street and north onto Lake Avenue to go into downtown Pahokee, SR 729 continues alongside Florida East Coast Railroad tracks to the northeast and north through the outskirt farmlands of Pahokee, to reconnect with US