Cartirdge tape formats and sizes
David L. Kensiski
mmsac!david at sacto.West.sun.com
Sat Sep 2 04:26:34 AEST 1989
The message John Gilmore posted answered a lot of unasked questions I
had about cartridge tapes, but introduced a couple more. John wrote:
> There are two variants of the mechanical tape drive -- 4-track and
> 9-track. The tracks are used like on an 8-track audio tape (run all the
> way down the tape on one track, then mechanically slide the head up or
> down and do another pass of the tape.)
Does this mean that the cartridge tapes are multi-pass? If so, how many
passes does it take to read the entire tape? Does the drive read the tape
in both directions, or does it have to rewind before making a second pass?
David L. Kensiski [KB6HCN] Martin Marietta Data Systems
Software Engineer 1770 Tribute Road, upstairs
Phone: (916) 929-8844 Sacramento, CA 95815
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