[Milsurplus] RE: Transcription Disks

Tue, 30 Apr 2002 08:12:48 -0700

120 ips?
that is screaming speed!
ed!
----- Original Message -----
From: "mikea" <[email protected]>
To: "ed sharpe" <[email protected]>
Cc: "Don Hendrickson" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 6:10 AM
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] RE: Transcription Disks


> On Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 09:14:12PM -0700, ed sharpe wrote:
> > Greetings!
> >
> > yes, 16 was a slow speed for transcription usage. if you really wanted
some
> > fidelity though you used  faster speeds.  the 16 would cover a longer
period
> > of time...
> > sort of like the 3 speeds on a reel to reel tape  unit... fast sounds
better
> > slow covers more time..
>
> Three, yes -- or more, or fewer.
>
> One Ampex instrumentation tape drive I used to maintain and use
> had speeds from 15/16 ips through 120 ips. Of course, it also
> filled an 84" high rack, weighed 450 pounds, and used 9200-foot
> reels of 2" tape, and had a top end of about 1.5 MHz at 120 ips.
> The tape path used air bearings throughout, and it was made like
> a (rather large, heavy, but beautifully precise) Swiss watch.
>
> And it was reel to reel. ;=)
>
> --
> Mike Andrews
> [email protected]
> Tired old sysadmin since 1964
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