Optimum Digital Data Storage on Magnetic Tape
Optimum Digital Data Storage on Magnetic Tape

Author: E. L. Law

Publisher:

Published: 1979

Total Pages: 28

ISBN-13:

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In recent years considerable effort has been expended on high density digital recording. The goal has been to increase the data storage per unit length of tape, usually focused on a fixed track width. The present investigation advances the thesis that optimum data storage per square of tape is achieved by increasing the number of tracks, rather than the storage per track. An experimental method for the determination of the best operating point is described, and data is presented for Non-Return-to-Zero-Level (NRZ-L), Manchester and Miller codes for an ideal tape recorder, and also for an actual tape recorder. (Author).

Magnetic Tape Storage and Handling
Magnetic Tape Storage and Handling

Author: John William Chapman Van Bogart

Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Commission on Preservation and Access

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 44

ISBN-13:

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This document provides a guide on how to properly store and care for magnetic media to maximize their life expectancies. An introduction compares magnetic media to paper and film and outlines the scope of the report. The second section discusses things that can go wrong with magnetic media. Binder degradation, magnetic particle instabilities, substrate deformation, magnetic tape recorders; and format issues are highlighted in this section. The third and fourth sections cover preventing information loss with multiple tape copies, costs, and how long magnetic media will last. In the fifth section, care and handling, storage conditions and standards, and refreshing of tapes are described for preventing magnetic tape from degrading prematurely. An appendix provides the Ampex Guide to the Care and Handling of Magnetic Tape, an estimation of life expectancies, sources for further reading, resources for transfer and restoration of video and audio tape, and a glossary. (AEF)

Magnetic Recording
Magnetic Recording

Author: Eric D. Daniel

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 1998-08-31

Total Pages: 364

ISBN-13: 9780780347090

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"The first magnetic recording device was demonstrated and patentedby the Danish inventor Valdemar Poulsen in 1898. Poulsen made amagnetic recording of his voice on a length of piano wire. MAGNETICRECORDING traces the development of the watershed products and thetechnical breakthroughs in magnetic recording that took placeduring the century from Paulsen's experiment to today's ubiquitousaudio, video, and data recording technologies including taperecorders, video cassette recorders, and computer harddrives. An international author team brings a unique perspective, drawnfrom professional experience, to the history of magnetic recordingapplications. Their key insights shed light on how magneticrecording triumphed over all competing technologies andrevolutionized the music, radio, television and computerindustries. They also show how these developments offeropportunities for applications in the future. MAGNETIC RECORDING features 116 illustrations, including 92photographs of historic magnetic recording machines and theirinventors." Sponsored by: IEEE Magnetics Society