9 Jun
2015
9 Jun
'15
2:49 p.m.
On 06/09/2015 02:38 PM, Mark J. Blair wrote:
I am curious: NOS tapes that I bought in the last year
or so came
with the foam blocks, but I don't recall ever encountering either a
foam block or the magic plastic tape "back in the day" on tapes from
the rack that I handled as a backup operator. I presume that if they
came with blocks, they were discarded when the tapes were unpacked.
Is it really necessary to secure the tape end in normal use, or is it
just needed during shipping to keep the tape from getting loose on
the reel during transport?
Obviously for the auto-loading drives, either would be bad news. But
it's for the last reason that I'm interested in the blue (well,
sometimes white) tape.
--Chuck