23 Sep
2010
23 Sep
'10
9:34 p.m.
Hi
Two or three tapes would be more than I'd expect to ever use.
My address:
Dwight Elvey
784 Corlista dr
San Jose, California.
95128
When I get the box, I'll send back the shipping
and a floppy with the Canon Cat format and data
on.
Dwight
From: cclist at sydex.com
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 10:09:52 -0700
Subject: RE: 8 mm tapes
On 23 Sep 2010 at 6:36, dwight elvey wrote:
Hi Chuck
That would be great. Would it still work OK as the spec says
112m? I can buy three 160 EXABYTE labled tapes
on ebay for not a hole lot as well. I own you a disk
from the Canon Cat so you can look at it as well.
I tend to get side tracked.
So, what all seem to be saying is that there is no
special length requirement. I don't have to get exactly
112m tapes?
Dwight
Hi Dwight,
Would you rather have the 112m tapes? I've got a bunch of those too,
but I preferred the 90m ones as they're a bit sturdier (thicker
substrate). Length isn't critical for the drive--Exabyte even sold
60m tapes for their drives.
Give me your mailing address and I'll pack a small flat-rate USPS box
full of them. $5 to cover shipping is all I'd ask.
--Chuck
P.S. That's the awful thing about doing media conversion--stuff
seems to pile up as no one wants it back. I've got boxes and boxes
of 5.25" floppies from old customer jobs, for example. My latest job
involves a pile of hard-sector 8" floppies. Your 8mm tapes, however,
will be new--only the carboard packaging removed to save space.