Hello
I am a new member of the list in digest mode. I have read quite a bit about
the early homebrew computer club days and processor techniques. I am
currently designing my own computer and want to come up with a easy cheap
method of mass storage. I have been thinking about hacking a tape recorder's
read/write/erase heads and support equipment into my computer. I would just
make a small modem thing to turn my data to sound and record it on the tape.
Using a 90 minute tape, with a 10 second sector size, I would put a File
allocation table at the start of the tape and that would tell the machine
where to go to get a piece of data. Has anyone experimented with this sort of
set up? I figured on audio tape because they are small, robust, and cheap.
The computer will only be 16-bit so I don't think the speed of the storage
would be a problem as my files won't be that big. It's got to be better than
paper tape anyway.
BTW, would anyone happen to know where I could find circuit diagrams/logic
diagrams for either the PDP6 or PDP10? Thanks,
David
P.S. Could you please CC' your response to me? Otherwise I won't see your
replies for a week... :-)
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David Findlay
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Email: david_j_findlay_at_yahoo.com.au
Homepage: http://users.bigpond.com/nedz/
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