Re: Audio Devices, Inc. company history?

2019-06-02 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
On 6/2/19 12:04 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > Does anyone remember these folks? I only have one reel of audiotape, and that has a tag of being cleaned in 1968. I couldn't find any other chocolate brown oxide tapes with dates later than that. Maybe they died off with the switch to 800bpi

Re: Audio Devices, Inc. company history?

2019-06-02 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
I had a look at a couple of additional reels of Audio Devices tape from 1965 and 1966. Both were darker and labeled with an "Certified for 800 bpi" sticker and well as a "Heavy Duty Made with 1.5 mil DuPont Mylar". I'm concluding that the tape in question is pretty darned old. --Chuck

updates to the Alpha Micro Phun Machine

2019-06-02 Thread Cameron Kaiser via cctalk
Besides link cleanups and custodial changes, there is now a model-specific page for the Eagle 450, one of the earliest ColdFire systems extant, plus performance statistics for many of the machines and several more newly uploaded freeware games. Hosted on an Alpha Micro Eagle 300.

Audio Devices, Inc. company history?

2019-06-02 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
I've got a few old reels of milk-chocolate brown 7-track tape here and was wondering if it's possible to date them accurately. The reels themselves have the Audio Devices name molded into them; the rear white flange is quite yellowed with age. The tapes have been used quite heavily as they've

Re: M7264 Troubleshooting

2019-06-02 Thread Mister PDP via cctalk
Sorry for the break, finals at school have been a little crazy. For simplicity of testing I have switched back to the M8017-AA instead of the M8043. The both are behaving in the exact same manner, so I am not ruling out the idea that the CPU is at fault just yet. On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 6:17 AM

RE: 9-Track Magtape Drive ID

2019-06-02 Thread Henk Gooijen via cctalk
Van: Mark J. Blair via cctalk Verzonden: zondag 2 juni 2019 00:25 Aan: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Onderwerp: Re: 9-Track Magtape Drive ID > On Jun 1, 2019, at 14:57, John H. Reinhardt via cctalk > wrote: > Is

RE: 9-Track Magtape Drive ID

2019-06-02 Thread Steve Malikoff via cctalk
Henk said > Regarding the rubber rings on the hubs of the tape drive, I remember that > somebody > once told that when the rubber tension is weak (because the ring diameter got > a bit > bigger, you can get the ring back to its original shape by putting it in warm > water. I tried this. It