Magtape market...

Jules Richardson wrote: Inmac was a supply distributor that sold high end stuff thru phone and direct catalog marketing. They sold tapes, printer ribbons, all the usual crap. i dont know if they still exist as inmac, or were bought out, but I have not seen the name for a long time, so I suspect they merged into something else and dropped the name. IIRC it may be one of the distributors from around here in Orange county, as a friend used to buy from them a lot, even though they were over priced. We bought Scotch brand tapes from a distributor, whereas Inmac this and Inmac that had private labeling. I never would pay for such crap then or now. made as much sense as people who think designer jeans mean something. to me (using the jeans example) whether I split the seams while wearing them, or they wear out too soon is a better measure than who's name is on the butt. However they were quality stuff. Also, I doubt that the tape was anything but 2400'. I dont think you could buy much of anything but 600, 1200, 2400, and 3600' tapes, unless you spooled your own. Ibm shops had what were called DTR's which had 100 to 200' of tape on them with patches, and I have a few that were not DTR spooled, but those were rare. Your box sounds like a nice one. A beast but nice if you have room to play with it. Jim