2 Aug
2010
2 Aug
'10
5:03 p.m.
On 2 August 2010 20:32, Tony Duell <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
AFAIK apart from that notch, they are mechanically the
same -- same
positieond of spools, capstan holes, head access hole, etc. Same design
of spool/hub. Same position of the write-protect hole. I don't think
there were any mirros for optical sensorts in the data cassetes either,
but they may well have detected the clear leader by reflecitons off the
cassette shell, so only light-coloured cassettes would work.
Well, I've definitely seen black streamer cassettes (being offered).
What I meant was, they might have been engineered to a higher standard
than your average audio cassette.
.tsooJ