Lew Wolfgang wrote:
This is OT but interesting, I actually ran into some engineers a few years out of college who had never heard of 9-track mag tape! I had to google some photos before they would believe it.
We also had a 7 track drive where I used to work. It was for exchanging tapes with a Univac system that I didn't work on.
I'm dating myself, but I used to use 7-track tape too! It was 200 frames per inch. I remember diagnosing problems with something called Visimag. It was a volatile fluid containing suspended iron particles that the tape would be dipped in. You could then see not only the tracks, but even the individual frames on the tape!
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