3 Jan
2001
3 Jan
'01
5:14 a.m.
I manually cleaned a 9track tape with paper towels and rubbing alcohol
last winter. It took forever spooling the tape back and forth, but I did
get the data. I spent an entire day doing it.
Someone mentioned in an earlier floppy-recovery message alcohol as a
lubricant. I can attest this works with my 9track. It will read 'wet'
tape better than sticky tape...
regards,
jeff
In <m14DFPv-000IyHC@p850ug1>, on 01/03/01
at 06:14 AM, ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell) said:
I've had success using propan-2-ol to clean
magnetic tape. What I
normally do is support the tape on a wooden stick (the 'handle' of a
cotton bud), use another cotton bud soaked in propan-2-ol held against
the tape and then 'rock' the tape backwards and forwards by turning the
spools (if a normal cassette-type thing) or the drive puck (for a QIC
tape). I've not wiped the oxide off the tape by doing this.
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