Magnetic tape drive - Revision history

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#Redirect [[Magnetic tape]]

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 A '''magnetic tape drive''' (also called a '''transport''', or '''unit''') is the actual mechanical mechanism which handles a reel of [[magnetic tape]] (hub, motors, etc); it also includes a certain amount of [[electronic]]s (e.g. usually the [[amplifier]]s which handle the signals from the magnetic [[head]]s are included in each drive).
-Beyond that, what else is included all depends on the manufacturer, and often on the particular product line, though; how they paritition functionality, and how they pull out common sub-units to prevent un-needed duplication.
+Beyond that, what else is included all depends on the manufacturer, and often on the particular product line, though; how they partition functionality, and how they pull out common sub-units to prevent un-needed duplication.
 For example, in the [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] [[TU10 magtape drive]]/[[TM11 magtape controller]] system, not only is the [[magnetic tape controller]] separate from the drive, but the drives come in 'master' and 'slave' variants, with one master drive (which contains extra electronics) needed on each controller.
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-A '''magnetic tape drive''' (also called a '''transport''', or '''unit''') is the actual mechanical mechanism which handles a reel of [[magnetic tape]] (hub, motors, etc); it also includes a certain amount of electronics (e.g. usually the [[amplifier]]s which handle the signals from the magnetic [[head]]s are included in each drive).
+A '''magnetic tape drive''' (also called a '''transport''', or '''unit''') is the actual mechanical mechanism which handles a reel of [[magnetic tape]] (hub, motors, etc); it also includes a certain amount of [[electronic]]s (e.g. usually the [[amplifier]]s which handle the signals from the magnetic [[head]]s are included in each drive).
 Beyond that, what else is included all depends on the manufacturer, and often on the particular product line, though; how they paritition functionality, and how they pull out common sub-units to prevent un-needed duplication.
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 For example, in the [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] [[TU10 magtape drive]]/[[TM11 magtape controller]] system, not only is the [[magnetic tape controller]] separate from the drive, but the drives come in 'master' and 'slave' variants, with one master drive (which contains extra electronics) needed on each controller.
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 Beyond that, what else is included all depends on the manufacturer, and often on the particular product line, though; how they paritition functionality, and how they pull out common sub-units to prevent un-needed duplication.
-For example, in the [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] [[TU10 magtape drive]]/[[TM11 magtape controller]] system, not only is [[magnetic tape controller]] separate from the drive, but the drives come in 'master' and 'slave' variants, with one master drive needed on each controller.
+For example, in the [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] [[TU10 magtape drive]]/[[TM11 magtape controller]] system, not only is the [[magnetic tape controller]] separate from the drive, but the drives come in 'master' and 'slave' variants, with one master drive (which contains extra electronics) needed on each controller.
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−	A '''magnetic tape drive''' (also called a '''transport''', or '''unit''') is the actual mechanical mechanism which handles a reel of [[magnetic tape]] (hub, motors, etc); it also includes a certain amount of electronics (e.g. usually the [[amplifier]]s which ~~take~~ the signals from the magnetic [[head]]s are included in each drive).	+	A '''magnetic tape drive''' (also called a '''transport''', or '''unit''') is the actual mechanical mechanism which handles a reel of [[magnetic tape]] (hub, motors, etc); it also includes a certain amount of electronics (e.g. usually the [[amplifier]]s which handle the signals from the magnetic [[head]]s are included in each drive).

	Beyond that, what else is included all depends on the manufacturer, and often on the particular product line, though; how they paritition functionality, and how they pull out common sub-units to prevent un-needed duplication.		Beyond that, what else is included all depends on the manufacturer, and often on the particular product line, though; how they paritition functionality, and how they pull out common sub-units to prevent un-needed duplication.

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−	A '''~~Magnetic~~ tape drive''' (also called a '''transport''', or '''unit''') is the actual mechanical mechanism which handles a reel of [[magnetic tape]] (hub, motors, etc); it also includes a certain amount of electronics (e.g. usually the [[amplifier]]s which take the signals from the magnetic [[head]]s are included in each drive).	+	A '''magnetic tape drive''' (also called a '''transport''', or '''unit''') is the actual mechanical mechanism which handles a reel of [[magnetic tape]] (hub, motors, etc); it also includes a certain amount of electronics (e.g. usually the [[amplifier]]s which take the signals from the magnetic [[head]]s are included in each drive).

	Beyond that, what else is included all depends on the manufacturer, and often on the particular product line, though; how they paritition functionality, and how they pull out common sub-units to prevent un-needed duplication.		Beyond that, what else is included all depends on the manufacturer, and often on the particular product line, though; how they paritition functionality, and how they pull out common sub-units to prevent un-needed duplication.

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−	~~#Redirect~~ [[~~Magnetic~~ tape]]	+	A '''Magnetic tape drive''' (also called a '''transport''', or '''unit''') is the actual mechanical mechanism which handles a reel of [[magnetic tape]] (hub, motors, etc); it also includes a certain amount of electronics (e.g. usually the [[amplifier]]s which take the signals from the magnetic [[head]]s are included in each drive).
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		+	Beyond that, what else is included all depends on the manufacturer, and often on the particular product line, though; how they paritition functionality, and how they pull out common sub-units to prevent un-needed duplication.
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		+	For example, in the [[Digital Equipment Corporation\|DEC]] [[TU10 magtape drive]]/[[TM11 magtape controller]] system, not only is [[magnetic tape controller]] separate from the drive, but the drives come in 'master' and 'slave' variants, with one master drive needed on each controller.
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