DATA RELIABILITY OF THREE BELL A1 MAGNETIC TAPE RECORDING SYSTEMS

Abstract

This paper tabulates the results of initial tests conducted to determine the data reliability of three methods of recording Bell A1 digital data on magnetic tape. The tests were designed only to find an approximate figure for error rate in that the following parameters were held constant: (1) type tape, (2) tape age, (3) position of information across tape (channel effects), (4) position of information along tape (reel effects), and (5) word length. More tests are necessary to determine the effect of these parameters on error rate. The results show that the three recording systems tested are adequate for their application.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0419183

Entities

People

  • H. L. Preble

Organizations

  • MITRE Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Data Transmission
  • Data Transmission Systems
  • Digital Data
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Machines
  • Magnetic Tape
  • Recording Systems
  • Tape Recorders
  • Tape Recording
  • Tapes
  • Test Equipment
  • Test Methods
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.