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 The 729 series was superseded by 9 track tape drives introduced with the IBM System/360.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
Gelatinous cube who's not either glued to the floor or fast asleep. In fact, we're pretty sure the "Dungeon Master's Guide" reads: "The first player to ask "Can't I just get out of the way?" automatically defeats the Gelatinous Cube"." Rob Bricken from io9 named the gelatinous cube as the 5th most memorable D&D monster. Chris Sims of the on-line magazine "Comics Alliance" stated of the gelatinous cube that "there can be no question of what is the greatest monster" in "D&D", calling the gelatinous cube "amazing". Gelatinous cube A gelatinous cube is a fictional monster from the "Dungeons & Dragons" fantasy