The Helical-Scan Magnetic Tape Recorder as a Digital Communication Channel

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1979, Pages 935-943

  Wood, Roger W ^a   Donaldson, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA STORAGE, DIGITAL;

MAGNETIC TAPE RECORDERS;

DATA STORAGE, MAGNETIC;

EID: 0018442276     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: 19410069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.1979.1060300     Document Type: Article

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