3 Feb
2006
3 Feb
'06
12:52 p.m.
On 2/3/2006 at 1:35 PM Richard wrote:
I'd still like to hear about capstans though. Does
anyone have
experiences to share in addition to the one online at the Computer
History Museum?
Not to put too much of fine point on it, but are we talking about capstans
or pinch rollers? I always thought that the capstan was the hard steel
driven shaft and the pinch roller was the soft larger roller that pressed
the tape against the capstan. At least in the nautical sense of the word,
this would seem to make better sense.
At any rate, would any of the commercially available replacement parts for
VCRs or audio tape do the job?
Cheers,
Chuck