Judging from the controls and lack of mechanical buffering, I'd pronounce this to be a tape verifier, or possibly a cleaner. The "half cycle" and "slow" are clues.
FWIW, --Chuck On 4/1/19 9:42 PM, Mike van Bokhoven via cctalk wrote: > Hi all, > > I just bought this Burroughs BU4400 tape drive: > https://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=1999913439 > As the seller says, Google comes up empty. Seems strange, I would have > expected some reference somewhere. Does anyone know anything about it? > I'm going to pick it up this evening. It'd be superb as a display piece, > but I'd be really keen to drive it with something and get it reading and > writing. > On that topic, are there any suggestions on how I could get my hands on > a few tapes, preferably with a format this drive can read? The actual > contents aren't important; even blanks would be OK, though not being > able to get it reading before moving on to writing would make the > project more difficult. > > Cheers, > Mike >
