> Modify tapes to contain an embedded USB stick,
modify drive* to accept them,
> retain user experience of inserting/removing cartridge... ;-)
>
> * including delays, occasional errors etc., of course.
But this does not retain the user (OK,'hacker') experience of repairing
decayed captans, cleaning heads, retrheding tapes that have come off the
spool i nthe cartridge, and so on.
-tony