7 May
2024
7 May
'24
2:11 a.m.
Radio Shack sold two models: the original, suitable for cassettes and audio
tapes, and a later, larger and more powerful version for video tapes as
well (44-233A). I keep one of those plugged in beside my desk and still use
it fairly often, but I'm planning to build one of Chuck's one of these days
(that one minute on, 30 minute off (officially ;-) duty cycle is a PITA if
you're degaussing a bunch of disks).
On Mon, May 6, 2024 at 9:42 PM Mike Katz via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
wrote:
I also have one of those from Radio Shack that I have
had for more than
30 years.
On 5/6/2024 8:30 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
fun.
On 5/6/24 15:12, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
> Radio Shack used to sell a "Bulk Tape Eraser". I gave mine to the
college.
Those are
on eBay, and even Amazon.
I've had one of those for years. Resembles a kitchen Mixmaster without
the beaters. The problem is that it has a limited working period of
about a minute before it gets too hot and the thermal cutout stops the
--Chuck