[TriLUG] Recording Eric Raymond's Talk(s)

[Tanner Lovelace]

On Fri, 2003-02-07 at 16:59, Brian Daniels wrote:

> Right.  The tape is moving horizontally.  The drum is mounted at an angle 
> across the tape path.  This is hard to express in ASCII.
> 
> Aha!  See here: http://www.bealecorner.com/trv900/docs/c-mech-22a.jpg
> 
> You can see the angle-mounted drum behind the tape.  The heads (4 or more) 
> are mounted in the drum which spins at a constant RPM.  The speed of tape 
> motion past the drum determines how wide a track of data is laid down and 
> how tightly the tracks are spaced.

Oh, I see!  The tape *does* move faster, but the drum moves at the
same speed.  Doh! <insert sound of hand slapping head here>

Thanks,
Tanner
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