16 Aug
2015
16 Aug
'15
4:22 p.m.
On 08/16/2015 10:15 AM, Jay Jaeger wrote:
More likely, apply the technology used on some 9 Track
drives: a little
tension arm and then use servos to drive the supply and takeup reels,
and an encoder (*not* driven) that measures speed (in place of the
capstan on older drives).
Maybe--I know the method--you see it on some Cipher drives and it's even
on my tape cleaning machine. A capstan-pinch roller, I think is no
worse and might actually help with wrinkled QIC tapes that have made a
mess inside of a QIC cartridge when their tension belts have rotted out.
--Chuck