On Tue, 15 May 2001, Sellam Ismail wrote:
> Haave you considered using magnetic tape to build your own drum memory?
> Would this even work? I don't know, I've only considered it.
kinda doubtful
BTW, we have a [damaged] drum and head unit from a mag drum in our
collection of junk at the college. We're not about to part with it, but
it is beautiful to behold.
> I find many old multi-track audio tape recorders/players in thrift/charity
> stores these days. Perhaps you can hack one of those?
How about reworking the heads and using an 8-track?
Then you could have 8 bit wide tape storage :-)
If you look through the magazines from 25 years ago, there is plenty of
info on building audio storage interfaces (Tarbell, Kansas City, ...)
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Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin_at_xenosoft.com
Received on Tue May 15 2001 - 22:31:57 BST