erik@baigar.de wrote:
think the Bendix G-15 had cassettes for the
5-level
tape
they used.
Aha, interesting! Did a short search, but have not been able to
find a picture of a casette. Just a pile of paper tape instead ;-)
https://images.app.goo.gl/HYqkpYHJUxZeGfiA8
Bitsavers has a collection of G-15 manuals. For a picture of an open cassette, see PDF
page 27 in
http://bitsavers.org/pdf/bendix/g-15/60061400_G15D_Parts_Manual.pdf.
Also see PDF page 18 in
http://bitsavers.org/pdf/bendix/g-15/G15_Operating_Man_Jul59.pdf.
David Lovett has been restoring a G-15 for the System Source Computer Museum in Maryland
(US). He regularly publishes videos of his progress, such as this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNfR4DmoZQU&pp=ygUWYmVuZGl4IGctMTUgcGFw…
To see more, try searching
youtube.com for "bendix g-15 paper tape".