12 Nov
2015
12 Nov
'15
3:39 p.m.
I've got over 200 DEC tapes written before 1973 and there are just a couple
where there is any issue. Those with issues have severe wear of the tape
surface. They were system tapes that were in constant service. Usually
you get a couple of cycles of shoe shine and it manages to read anyway. It
is entirely possible that a rewrite of those sectors would clear the issue
entirely.
They are pretty reliable.
Doug
On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 6:24 AM, Tom Moss <tomjmoss at googlemail.com> wrote:
I've had very mixed (about 50/50) success with
9-track, but after reading a
bit about DECtape it looks like they should still be holding up nicely.
Anyone care to share their experiences?
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Doug Ingraham
PDP-8 SN 1175