2 Jan
2003
2 Jan
'03
8:24 a.m.
On Thu, 2 Jan 2003, Tony Duell wrote:
Be careful. Some of the older machines used
standard-looking tape
cartridges, but didn't use any of the QIC formats on them. I know of at
least one machine that had a 2-winding head, and recorded a transition on
one track for a '0' and one on the other track for a '1' (a bit like the
HP calculator magnetic cards). Needless to say you'll not read such tapes
with a normal QIC drive/formatter.
Yeah, since then I've been reading a bit more about the 5100 and it soudns
a lot like there's something peculiar going on in that drive. I doubt very
much now the ability of the tapes to be read on most any drive other than
that in the 5100.
ok
r.