TU58 yet one more time

[Al Kossow]

On 5/31/16 9:34 AM, Al Kossow wrote:
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> On 5/31/16 8:38 AM, Mark J. Blair wrote:
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>> Transferring the tape to be imaged into an audio cassette housing, and then imaging it on a hacked up transport
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> You may want to use a data cassette like the MT-2ST
> http://www.ebay.com/sch/161622290065 has a decent picture. I've got the manual on bitsavers
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the problem is head width and position. i'd have to check if the DC-100 carts being talked about (DEC and HP) all
put the heads in the same place with the same width. the problem with using QIC transports is the head width is too
narrow for the old carts, reducing the contact area and increasing the chance of dropouts.