Re: Unknown 1970 Tapedrive

On 4/30/19 11:20 AM, William Donzelli via cctalk wrote: >> The Sangamo Electric Co . >> manufactured electrical meters, time switches and sonar and radio >> equipment, among other items, in Springfield, IL from the 1890s until 1978. > > And a zillio

Re: Unknown 1970 Tapedrive

> The Sangamo Electric Co . > manufactured electrical meters, time switches and sonar and radio equipment, > among other items, in Springfield, IL from the 1890s until 1978. And a zillion tons of capacitors. -- Will

RE: Unknown 1970 Tapedrive

cctalk Subject: Re: Unknown 1970 Tapedrive On 29.04.19 22:28, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > On 4/29/19 12:56 PM, Jos Dreesen via cctalk wrote: > >> >> 1970, also all TTL is dated 1969 or 1970. >> >> Jos > > That would fit right in wit

Re: Unknown 1970 Tapedrive

On 4/30/19 9:28 AM, jos via cctalk wrote: > > I put up some more pics (Tapehead & capstan drive). It does not use > stepper. > > It seems it was made by US firm Sangamo, as is etched in some of the PCB's > > In view of the head's condition I will not persue this further. > The head doesn't lo

Re: Unknown 1970 Tapedrive

On 29.04.19 22:28, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: On 4/29/19 12:56 PM, Jos Dreesen via cctalk wrote: 1970, also all TTL is dated 1969 or 1970. Jos That would fit right in with a key-tape scheme. Can you tell if the capstan motor is a stepper? --Chuck I put up some more pics (Tapehe

Re: Unknown 1970 Tapedrive

On 29.04.19 22:28, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: On 4/29/19 12:56 PM, Jos Dreesen via cctalk wrote: 1970, also all TTL is dated 1969 or 1970. Jos That would fit right in with a key-tape scheme. Can you tell if the capstan motor is a stepper? --Chuck I put up some more pics (Tapehead

Re: Unknown 1970 Tapedrive

On 04/29/2019 02:25 PM, jos via cctalk wrote: Was given a tapedrive in rather bad condition, but it has no manufacturers name on it. Pics on ftp://ftp.dreesen.ch/Tapedrive Anyone recognizes this ? The paddle PCB says "paddle board, 7/9 level tape handler." Not even sure if it is a compute

Re: Unknown 1970 Tapedrive

On 4/29/19 12:25 PM, jos via cctalk wrote: > Anyone recognizes this ? have never seen anything like it, but given the labels are in english but there are european electrolytics, I'm guessing it was made in the UK

Re: Unknown 1970 Tapedrive

On 4/29/19 12:56 PM, Jos Dreesen via cctalk wrote: > > 1970, also all TTL is dated 1969 or 1970. > > Jos That would fit right in with a key-tape scheme. Can you tell if the capstan motor is a stepper? --Chuck

Re: Unknown 1970 Tapedrive

What's the date on the paddle board? Could almost be a key-to-tape drive. --Chuck 1970, also all TTL is dated 1969 or 1970. Jos

Re: Unknown 1970 Tapedrive

On 4/29/19 12:25 PM, jos via cctalk wrote: > Was given a tapedrive in rather bad condition, but it has no > manufacturers name on it. > > Pics  on ftp://ftp.dreesen.ch/Tapedrive > > > Anyone recognizes this ? The paddle PCB says "paddle board, 7/9 level > tape handler." > > Not even sure if it

Unknown 1970 Tapedrive

Was given a tapedrive in rather bad condition, but it has no manufacturers name on it. Pics on ftp://ftp.dreesen.ch/Tapedrive Anyone recognizes this ? The paddle PCB says "paddle board, 7/9 level tape handler." Not even sure if it is a computer tape drive or an instrument / data logger...