Specifications Sought for 7-Track Tape Heads

From: Douglas H. Quebbeman <dquebbeman_at_acm.org>
Date: Mon Apr 22 10:33:33 2002

> John Foust wrote:
>
> > Or for that matter, the seven "heads" could be displaced
> > along the path of the tape, and the software would handle
> > the realignment of the time domain. Or you could read
> > less than 7 tracks at a time, and reassemble in software.
>
> Nope --- I would guess a 7 track head is needed, as you only get one
> time to read the tape.

Ben- watcha mean? I've shoeshined 9-tracks to death on one
drive, then handed them to someone else who read them first
pass on a different drive.

Maybe 7-track tapes from 1961, but so far I've got nothing
older than about 1972...

-dq
Received on Mon Apr 22 2002 - 10:33:33 BST