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Young whippersnappers. I actually had one of those TEAC reel to reel tape drives, maybe not that exact model---I don't remember it being able to auto-reverse,
by hga 11y ago
Young whippersnappers. I actually had one of those TEAC reel to reel tape drives, maybe not that exact model---I don't remember it being able to auto-reverse, but I wouldn't have cared about that---but otherwise the same controls. It was a good device for its time, as were the reel to reel 7- and 9-track computer tape drives I used later and concurrently: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9_track_tape https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9_track_tape
(7 track was the standard for 36 bit PDP-10s, 6 bits of data and one of parity, and some earlier IBM machines as well.)
- pstuart 11y agoI learned me some audio engineering on a Teac A-3440 way back when, which is why the picture caught my eye.
- thwarted 11y agoFrom that wikipedia article: The above describes a typical transport system; however, manufacturers engineered many alternative designs. For example, some designs used a horizontal transport deck where the operator simply set the tape reel in the supply reel bay, closed the door and pressed the load button, then a vacuum system would draw the tape along the path and onto a take-up hub within the mechanism. Back in the day, I used a 9-track tape drive like this. It was quite the thing to watch it mount the tape. A while ago I found a video of it[0]. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS9QtC7FYiE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS9QtC7FYiE
- mrpippy 11y agoAh the HP 88780, my cubicle-mate for a summer job 15 years ago