On Wednesday 16 May 2001 14:05, Sellam Ismail hit his keyboard with a hammer
and this was the result:
> You're assuming he won't do something clever such as add an electronic
> counter so he can fast forward to just before the desired block?
I was planing on this. I will have a block of sound at the start of the tape,
that will indicate what is 1 second for this recorder. This will calibrate it
to be able to seek the second of the tape it wants. It will then read in the
FAT and seek the file directly.
> As I suggested, he can use the magnetic tape to wrap around some drum to
> create a cool drum memory device :) There can even be multiple tracks,
> with either one moveable head or multiple heads for faster access.
I was thinking of reading/writing the tape's both tracks at once.
> I think the intent here is to create a more classic-type design rather
> than a modernish design.
I think I would probably run it more as a showpiece than a functional device
and still have a floppy drive for other stuff.
David
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