Are DEC TK50/TK70 tapes worth hanging onto?

Adrian Stoness tdk.knight at gmail.com
Tue Oct 18 19:48:27 CDT 2016


Don't store ur tapes in a damp basement will help with sticky shed
syndrom... Keep em dry a food dehydrator helps...

On Oct 18, 2016 7:46 PM, "Al Kossow" <aek at bitsavers.org> wrote:



On 10/18/16 5:37 PM, Steven M Jones wrote:

> I think they're useful to folks who have drives that can use them, and
> they aren't nearly as fragile as QIC or helical scan drives (4mm, 8mm)
> of a similar age.
>

The drives, maybe, but the tape sheds like nuts.


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