On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:37:26 +0000, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:

>>>> Are you talking about magnetic tape or paper tape?
>>> HAHAHAHA!
>>>
>>> Good god man, magnetic! I've never *seen* paper tape, except in a museum...
>> 
>> Just asking! You have a wide range of interests.
>
>You're definitely showing your age. ;-) Paper tapes? Good Lord...
>

And card readers ;)

>> The chattering is probably the tensioning system and the tape drive starting and
>> stopping as the data is read.
>
>Right. And it's so loud because the tape itself makes a good speaker cone?
>
>(FWIW, the old tape system was pretty silent. This new one is quite noisey.)

That does not sound good. I'd check with the supplier.
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Regards
     Stephen

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