5 Aug
2021
5 Aug
'21
12:04 p.m.
On Aug 5, 2021, at 2:55 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
On 8/5/21 11:20 AM, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote:
Does anything other than (real) DECtape arrange for an air cushion between tape and head?
Would it be possible to tweak a tape drive -- streaming or otherwise -- to do that?
paul
They have air bearing "hubs" that the
tape wraps over, and nothing but
the tape head and cleaner blades touch the oxide side of the tape. But,
they can still suffer from tape sticking to the heads.
...which is where the tape ends up sticking, no matter the drive.
--Chuck