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 >
