the other thing I had wondered about was how they kept metal tape from destroying the head. there is a spool of plastic tape that goes between the head and the tape
On 4/5/19 6:13 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > > > On 4/5/19 5:45 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > >> Univac had an interesting setup for Uniservo tape drives--I see a lot of >> reels with a short (maybe 6") "leader" with a hole spliced onto tapes. >> I'm not sure how that worked > > I had to re-thread the UNISERVO that is on display at CHM. I have to try > to find my pictures that I took. > > http://bitsavers.org/pdf/univac/magtape/PX899_Mechanical_Parts_of_UNISERVO_Apr58.pdf > > show it. > > There is are two hooks that are attached to the reels and it is attached > essentially to > nylon fishing line. > > >