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by Byteman
Mon Oct 30, 2017 12:37 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Microdrive Unit Design
Replies: 118
Views: 52423

Re: Microdrive Unit Design

I'm sorry, I cannot write detauled post just now about that, I will describe some things some days later. I'm tightly working with analog tape recorders and will tell some things about it.
by Byteman
Sun Oct 29, 2017 9:05 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Microdrive Unit Design
Replies: 118
Views: 52423

Re: RE: Re: Microdrive Unit Design

After measuring resistance using simple multimeter, don't forget to degauss measured heads. :? how should I degauss? Damage risk? When you measure head resistance with simple multimeter, DC current comes through head and magnetizes it. Head will work, but after each tape pass across head, tape will...
by Byteman
Fri Oct 27, 2017 9:06 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Microdrive Unit Design
Replies: 118
Views: 52423

Re: Microdrive Unit Design

It is more correct to measure not only resistance, but inductance too. After measuring resistance using simple multimeter, don't forget to degauss measured heads.