Tape drive success!
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I'd love to write some data to one of these tapes, then frame it on the wall..
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Storage Tek tape tech here. I loved those machines. What a bear, Electronics, pnuematics, electrical, software , etc...Damn, it felt good to make these contraptions work. I loved them.
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@Amishman35 131072 / 6520 = 20.1030 inches per second - now find the specs LOL
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Miss the old reel drives. Still remember using 4mm tape cassettes in IBM servers - constantly jamming. Those old units built like iron.
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I loaded bazillions of tapes on those TU45's. Paul, our DEC field service rep in Des Moines, was always tweaking the vacuum switch settings. He was really sharp. It was a bad sign when you saw him referring to the manual :)
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The old vacuum-column tape drive was a very complex machine. It would still be very expensive to manufacture today.
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How old is this?! Lol
I want a tape drive from eBay, I'm thinking of buying a used one for 15.00 pounds.
I hope it works.
Sadly I know nothing about tapes & tape drives so I can't fix it :(
Are they good?
I will be using it for personal use. I'm fed up of my external HDD's failing on me.
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for a second there you sounded like the computer scientist version of scotty from star trek... :P
systematika 7 months ago 4
I wonder if the speed at 10 seconds in ( 0:10 ) is fast enough to play a 128 kbps MP3 file at 6520 BPI...would make a nice Steampunk MP3 player like in 1830.
Amishman35 10 months ago 2