View Single Post
Old 8th May 2019, 1:50 pm   #36
G6Tanuki
Dekatron
 
G6Tanuki's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Wiltshire, UK.
Posts: 13,925
Default Re: Reel to reel revival

Tape is still being made in relatively large quantities - though along with the necessary drives it's optimised for digital data backup.

https://www.oracle.com/storage/tape-...ta-cartridges/

I wonder just how easy it would be to re-use this modern tape in an old-style analog application? Or indeed to adapt an entire robotic magtape-storage system to record/play analog audio?

[Exits stage right muttering stuff about Hysteresis, Coercivity and Oersteds]
G6Tanuki is offline