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| Why do cassettes have the tape go around a solid plastic post next to the roller |
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| ELS122:
Why are those plastic posts there, next to the rollers, why not just use the rollers which are already there? |
| floobydust:
What plastic posts where? Are you talking about the cassette or the transport? Capstan? Pinch roller? |
| ELS122:
--- Quote from: floobydust on June 30, 2023, 03:45:02 am ---What plastic posts where? Are you talking about the cassette or the transport? Capstan? Pinch roller? --- End quote --- |
| bdunham7:
It reduces the need for pencils. |
| floobydust:
It's mentioned in the Wikipedia page. "In order to wind up the tape more reliably.... The competition responded by inserting additional deflector pins closer to the coils in the lower plastic case half." Note that reel to reel tape machine transports, most of them have those same pins but on a tensioner lever/spring. I can ask an expert in mag tape about it. |
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