On 3 Aug 2012 at 20:52, Ian King wrote:
Are you suggesting that there is some juxtaposition of
Sun, Moon and
stars under which they load *reliably*? :-)
The guy from whom I got my first one used to open the top and manually
load it as a standard practice. -- Ian
My experience also, particularly when trying to read a tape sent by
someone with a manal-loading reel-to-reel drive.
OT-but-related: In audio tape, didn't Bell and Howell make an auto-
loading tape deck with similarly dismal operation?
--Chuck