Tag: notebook
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From the notebook: Tape Transports
Todays notebook sketch is some ideas for building a tape “transport” – the mechanical bits that move the tape around in the right way and at the right tension. I have a weird fascination with magnetic storage media and tape in particular. It was a key technology in computing for decades and it has more…
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From my notebooks: optical ray tracer
Once my optics bench is finished, I plan on measuring all the lenses I have on hand and building something with them. To do that, I’ll have to try out designs using software. But since the design space is limited by what I actually have on hand, I have the opportunity to write a tool…