different speed depending on where the tape was on the reel...

What about the one which somehow took its drive from a record
player? I'm sure I didn't imagine it, but can't find any details
right now.

Chris

I really craved one of those. They were always advertised in the back pages
of the various hobby magazines. It was never clear what you needed to do to
hook it up to the amplifier so I never bought one.