5 mil where 1 mil = 1/1000 inch) for different purposes, which now include video and digital recording. The tape is coated with an oxide EMULSION, which when exposed to the variations of the magnetic ...

Undeterred, they mailed BASF, the only manufacturer of magnetic tape, and after a month received a 1000m reel of tape. With tape that worked, [Hans] set about improving his recorder with a tape ...

There was a time in the not-too-distant past when magnetic tape was the primary way of listening to and recording audio. Most of us are familiar with the cassette tape, a four-track system that ...

5 mil where 1 mil = 1/1000 inch) for different purposes, which now include video and digital recording. The most common backings used for tape are polyester and mylar (which stretch when subjected to ...

A machine that records audio or video onto magnetic tape. A tape "recorder" or tape "deck" generally refers to earlier analog devices, such as a VHS tape recorder. Until the 1990s, analog audio ...

This report describes the tests carried out on a transportable magnetic recorder used by the German Army. It uses a plastic tape, and has nine synchronous tape speeds, with a novel device to ...

The mechanism that reads and writes magnetic tape as it moves past. Quality tape recorders have three heads: play (read), record (write) and erase. Many consumer products have only two ...