22 Jun
2005
22 Jun
'05
6:01 a.m.
That's an interesting idea and certainly worth a try but I sort of doubt
you'd be able to read the magnetic bit pattern through the plastic tape.
But if you coud it would probably save a lot of data.
Joe
At 04:09 AM 6/22/05 -0400, you wrote:
If you recall there was a discussion about tape
catridges that could
not be read because their coating was falling off.
I was thinking, what if we reverse the tape, so that the magnetic
head come in contact with the plastic backing and not the oxide.
Would it be possible to read the data then?
Obviously I am talking about a one-off operation, just to get the
stuff off the tape.
**vp