For some reason they fixated it on the tape drives, as being the icon of what the computer was, or flashing light somehow.

出于某种原因，人们将注意力都集中到了电脑的磁带机上，磁带机也由此成了电脑的象征，闪烁灯似乎也有类似的待遇。

The tape could be moved forwards or backwards inside of a machine called a tape drive.

磁带可以在称为磁带驱动器的机器内向前或向后移动。

And they were really big boxes with...For some reason they fixated it on the tape drives, as being the icon of what the computer was, or flashing light somehow.

那时电影里的计算机都是装有开盘机的大柜子，闪闪发光。

Although tape drives were expensive, the magnetic tape itself was cheap and compact, and for this reason, they're still used today for archiving data.

尽管磁带驱动器很昂贵，但磁带本身既便宜又紧凑，因此，它们至今仍用于归档数据。

Atlas' engineers doubled down on this idea, and outfitted their computer with 4 paper tape readers, 4 paper tape punches, and up to 8 magnetic tape drives.

Atlas 的工程师加倍考虑这个想法，并为他们的计算机配备了 4 个纸带阅读器、4 个纸带打孔器和多达 8 个磁带驱动器。

Finally, there was the Commodore PET 2001, with a unique all-in-one design that combined computer, monitor, keyboard and tape drive into one device, aimed to appeal to consumers.

最后是 Commodore PET 2001，它采用独特的一体式设计，将计算机、显示器、键盘和磁带驱动器组合到一个设备中，旨在吸引消费者。