re-reading the paper,
"mechanical bit validation" was a little confusing for a while until I
remembered that
he also digitizes the tach signal, so he knows the absolute position of the tape.
On 7/17/16 9:41 AM, Al Kossow wrote:
This is what is in the modified STC 9914V drives shown
in this paper use:
http://storageconference.us/2008/presentations/3.Wednesday/5.Bordynuik.pdf