In a message dated 2/13/02 12:57:19 AM Pacific Standard Time, don@... writes:
DK's video explains that, according to Dave Biro, the idea for the 8-track drive was to reduce the cost, so that a Birotron user could replace a set of tapes for about what a guitar player would spend on a couple of month's worth of strings (but didn't specifically say how much dollarwise). Does anyone know the original proposed selling price of a Birotron and/or tapes?
Frank Samagaio
M400 #908
My guess would be a cost reduction from using commodity 8-track
drives, or the potential reliability from using a mass produced
tape mechanism, or the ease of mounting new tapes.
DK's video explains that, according to Dave Biro, the idea for the 8-track drive was to reduce the cost, so that a Birotron user could replace a set of tapes for about what a guitar player would spend on a couple of month's worth of strings (but didn't specifically say how much dollarwise). Does anyone know the original proposed selling price of a Birotron and/or tapes?
Frank Samagaio
M400 #908