27 Jan
2023
27 Jan
'23
1:04 p.m.
On 1/27/23 12:59, Ethan O'Toole via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
There was some discussion on using head from IBM 3480/3490? to read 7 tracks. Couldn't find what I remembered online and not cheap to acquire. I did recently pick up a 7 track head but its in bad shape so not sure if it is usable.
Could you use single/2 track heads offset physically then shift the bits?
That would take some precision positioning, but it sounds doable. But then you'd have to worry about skew. Not sure how to handle that. -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA