22 Jun
2005
22 Jun
'05
4:45 p.m.
On Wed, 22 Jun 2005, Tony Duell wrote:
It USETA be readily available from professional video places for lining up
reel to reel tape and splicing it without losing synch.
A friend made some out of rust.
We used it to show students the tracks on some floppies.
On Wed, 22 Jun 2005, Joe R. wrote:
Ok, use a
magnetic fingerprinting powder on it ;) Actually, I've heard (and
seen) there IS a liquid solution that will let you visibly see the dots on
mag tape.
There is. It generally goes under the name of 'Magnasee' and is a
colloidal suspension of iron oxide in some suitable volatile liquid. I
have no idea where you get it nowadays, though. I still have a bottle of it but what good would it
do to know the
binary
pattern? You couldn't program a new tape with it.
... but with sufficient time and effort, you could MANUALLY
read the tape :-)
How long would an entire tape take?
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