31 Jan
2015
31 Jan
'15
1:08 p.m.
On 1/31/15 11:31 AM, Mark J. Blair wrote:
DC-100 reels float on two pins, so at a minimum you'll have to find one of the good
quality cassette tapes
that had actual reels inside and transfer the tape to those.
I just picked up a TEAC cassette mechanism at a surplus place, and the part of the tach
that touches the
tape is mostly metal with a channel cut into it with what looks like something rubber-ish
where the tape
would touch at the bottom. That seems a little strange so I'll pull it apart and take
pictures of the mechanism.
On Jan 31, 2015, at 11:18, Al Kossow <aek at
bitsavers.org> wrote:
On 1/31/15 11:00 AM, Mark J. Blair wrote:
That sounds very promising. I'll look for the maintenance manual. I think that about
the only thing that would be better would be a system where I could lift the reels and
tape out of a DECTAPE II cart without needing to transfer the media linearly or do any
splicing, but that would take a lot more effort. For me, the mechanical part would be a
lot harder than the electronic and software parts.
hopefully they don't use capstan and pinch roller drive
There is a maintenance manual on bitsavers
It is servo based with an encoder attached to a roller in contact with the tape.
The two reels are motor driven.