28 May
2012
28 May
'12
1:14 p.m.
On 5/28/12 1:01 PM, Mike Loewen wrote:
Does this also happen to 9-track tapes? Any particular
vintage or brands?
Absolutely. I've dealt with thousands of them.
http://bitsavers.org/oven.jpg (on the right) was the oven setup
http://bitsavers.org/tapes.jpg was the reading station
until I lost my CHM lab space
Worst
80's Memorex
BASF
DEC-labeled
Sun-labeled
Better
IBM-labeled
Graham Magnetics
HP-labeled (may be Graham)
3M
Most tape (even the 3M) is now showing water absorbsion in the binder so
it's not really that safe to try any reading without evaluating how sticky it is.
