and after a month received a 1000m reel of tape. With tape that worked, [Hans] set about improving his recorder with a tape transport mechanism built from a turntable and a new recording head.

The data tape recorder (DTR) system was subcontracted to ... was a belt driven recorder that used a 1,076′ (328 m) long reel of 1/2″ (12.5 mm) wide magnetic tape which recorded data on eight ...

A machine that records audio or video onto magnetic tape. A tape "recorder" or tape "deck" generally refers to earlier analog devices, such as a VHS tape recorder. Until the 1990s, analog audio ...