30 Jul
2000
30 Jul
'00
11:36 a.m.
On Jul 30, 18:37, Tony Duell wrote:
Has anyone ever seen a splicing jig and tape (or any
other form of repair
kit) for the tape cassettes (HP82176??) used in the HP82161 tape drive.
I'm trying to read some old tapes and the magnetic tape on one of them
has come unstuck from the leader. I think it would be possible to stick
them together again.
How wide is the tape? If it's not too narrow, you could try 1/2" audio
splicing tape (thin self-adhesive mylar tape, usually white or yellow).
The technique is to butt the two ends together, tape over (the non-oxide
side!) with the adhesive tape at right angles to the tape, and trim with a
razor blade or fine scissors. For 1/4" or bigger magnetic tape, I usually
trim the join very slightly narrower than 1/4" to help prevent binding.
I've done this successfully on compact cassette tape (1/8"), microcassette
tape, and 1/2" magtape and VHS video tape -- the latter usually to put the
leader back on if it's snapped.
No, I wouldn't trust the result for very long, but
it might be good
enough for me to recover the few files on said tape that I didn't manage
to read before it broke...
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Dept. of Computer Science
University of York