Video cassette - topology question
How do you explain a Klein bottle in text?
Only "continuous loop" tape cartridges use a closed loop of tape. The
infamous 8-track cartridge pulled the tape from the inside of the spool,
then fed it back to the outside. The tape has to be slightly twisted to fit
within a compact shell, but there is no net turning of the tape -- the top
edge of the tape remains on the top at all times.
I know of no tape system that used a Moebius strip.
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