[Boatanchors] Cart Machines

[Sheldon Daitch]

RCA TCR-100?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YhuUVzg8Dg

Sheldon

On 3/14/2011 5:44 PM, Bob Macklin wrote:
> I had forgotten about the audio cart machines. I was thinking about 
> the video cart machines.
>
> In 1968 I designed a system using a 4 track audio cartridge to hold 
> digital data. We put 40K credit card numbers on a tape that played 
> back in 15 seconds at 15IPS.
>
> That design led to the development of the floppy disk.
>
> Bob Macklin
> K5MYJ
> Seattle, Wa.
> "Real Radios Glow In The Dark"
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sheldon Daitch" <sdaitch at kuw.ibb.gov>
> Cc: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 7:35 AM
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Cart Machines
>
>
>>
>> Here is one site which shows a number of the
>> audio cart machines over the years:
>>
>> http://www.oldradio.com/archives/hardware/carts.htm
>>
>> I've reloaded many a tape cart with new tape and new
>> pads, as they have worn out.  The plastic shells even
>> if broken, could be fixed with a solvent glue.
>>
>> White glue worked well to replace the pencil leads on
>> the older Fidelipac platters.
>>
>> 73
>> Sheldon
>>
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