On 8/16/2015 6:29 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote: > On 08/16/2015 03:20 PM, Jay Jaeger wrote: > >> One issue with the capstan idea, though, would be direction. >> Capstans really want to pull. Not very good a pushing. ;) So if >> you did that, and you wanted to direction operation (required if you >> can't stream the entire tape), then you'd need two sets of capstans >> like the big IBM and the like 7 and 9 track tape drives had. > > Or CDC... :) > > Or maybe just a tachometer and let the reel motors do the work. QIC > data is pretty much self-clocking (but for those HP 2-track drives). >
Exactly. > Still mulling it over--the number of QIC cartridges I've had to handle > has gone down substantially over the years. > > --Chuck > >
