Compact cassette data drive.
Project goals. Not all of them are realistic.
- utilize an existing consumer tape mechanism with "logic control" to make a fully automatic tape drive
- investigate the limits of what can be done with a simple compact cassette
- implement random access to sectors
- a usb mass storage device
- use a stereo track for double data rate access, eventually use a 4-track head for quad data rate
- investigate if altering motor speed to improve r/w speeds makes sense
- investigate feasibility of reading while fast-forwarding with heads half-lifted
Eventually it's doomed to become either a dust gatherer/conversation piece or an art installation.
There is no blog, but there are project notes, updated sometimes: NOTES
There is also a youtube playlist, where I try to show noteworthy things about this project. Like/subscribe!