PDP-11's DECcasete

From: John Wilson <wilson_at_dbit.dbit.com>
Date: Thu Mar 16 22:27:29 2000

On Thu, Mar 16, 2000 at 06:39:49PM +0000, Tony Duell wrote:
> AFAIK, it may _look_ like a normal compact cassette, but it certainly
> isn't one. The tape is different for one thing (I believe it's a much
> higher coercivity than normal audio tape). And the cassette shell has an
> extra notch on the back edge, slightly off-centre. Some drives use this
> to detect which side of the tape is in use, some use it to reject normal
> audio tapes.

The TU60 doesn't use the notch though, does it? I'm pretty sure I've popped
regular audio cassettes in there and they fit fine. Could be a false memory
though...

John Wilson
D Bit
Received on Thu Mar 16 2000 - 22:27:29 GMT