Multiple tape cartridge and drive for concurrent recording with

Details Multiple tape cartridge and drive for concurrent recording with Multiple tape cartridge and drive for concurrent recording with

1998-03-13

1999-11-09

Klimowicz, William J.

Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval

Record transport with head stationary during transducing

Tape record

360132, G11B 2308

Patent

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059825766

ABSTRACT:
Access time to data recorded on a tape in a tape cartridge is improved in a multi-tape cartridge and a drive for the multi-tape cartridge wherein a number of tapes having data recorded thereon are wound around hubs in the cartridge, and the tapes are separated as they traverse an opening in the cartridge. The drive system has multiple data transfer heads which are insertable into the opening in the cartridge and respectively engage the tapes in the cartridge. Data can be simultaneously transferred between the tapes and the heads. In comparison to a single tape having a given length, the multiple tapes in the cartridge can be shortened in length by a factor equal to the number of tapes, and the access to data recorded on the tapes is correspondingly faster by the same factor.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4000519 (1976-12-01), Turk
patent: 4170407 (1979-10-01), Stella
patent: 4199794 (1980-04-01), Pfost et al.

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