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

Note on the second iteration of Tapeshnik: FUTURISTIC

There is also a youtube playlist, where I try to show noteworthy things about this project. Like/subscribe!