Poking around on eBay, I see that there were other brands (Teac, Wangtek, Everex...) of
streaming tape backup drives that look like they may have used those audio-cassette-like
tapes with the notch on the back edge, much like the TU60. Maybe one of those transports
could be adapted for this wacky scheme? I might buy one of the cheaper ones and some
matching tapes to experiment with.
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Mark J. Blair, NF6X <nf6x at nf6x.net>
http://www.nf6x.net/