On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 09:56:05 +0000, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:

>Stephen wrote:
>> On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 09:26:25 +0000, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>> 
>>> What actually makes that "chattering" sound that old tape systems make?
>> 
>> 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.

The chattering is probably the tensioning system and the tape drive starting and
stopping as the data is read.

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Regards
     Stephen

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