Re: Is ProDOS supported in OSX?

[russotto@grace.speakeasy.net (Matthew Russotto)]

In article <20030624201105.08980.00000926@mb-m19.aol.com>,
Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:
>Paul Schlyter wrote:
>
>Yes, this is clearly a case of waiting too long.
>
>The appropriate course of action in such a situation is to construct
>one or more special tape transports designed to handle the tape
>much more delicately than the original equipment did.  Slow-speed
>transport that maintains most of the curvature of the tape on the
>reel and non-contact sensing come immediately to mind.

You probably don't have to go that far.  The 9-track transports I'm
familiar with are quite rough -- they take up slack fairly quickly and
with a big bump at the end.  Stopping that behavior (which can be done
by manually taking up the slack, if the mechanism is open as many are)
is probably enough to keep the tape from breaking.

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Matthew T. Russotto                            mrussotto@speakeasy.net
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