[rescue] Big tape drives

[Eric Dittman]

> > > My mistake, the TA91 is a six-foot tall dual 3480 tape loader.
> > > We have two of them (four drives total).
> > 
> >    Ahh the 3480s.  I don't know much about those.
> 
> 3480 - isn't that the squared-off 8-track looking tapes? IIRC they grab
> one end of the tape and pull it into the drive, reading it all along...
> Then when done, it winds the tape back on the cart.
> 
> Neat drives...

Yes, until it refuses to unload the tape.  Then you have to
take the drive apart to get the tape out.
-- 
Eric Dittman
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