recovering cartridge tapes

[Chuck Guzis]

On 19 Jul 2010 at 20:27, Dave McGuire wrote:

>   Sweet!  I will check that out.  I've never seen a 606 in person.

1200 lbs. of orange-y goodness.   

CDC replaced them with the 65x series, which was a somewhat cost-
reduced version (ISTR that the voice-coil vacuum valves were one of 
the big corners cut).  Dark grey with blue glass; not nearly as 
imposing.  Supplanted by the 66x drives, which were autothreading 
(most of the time, anyway) and with an automatic drive "window". 

There was also a 1" version of the drive, the 626.  I wonder if any 
survive.

--Chuck