15 May
2013
15 May
'13
3:49 p.m.
On 05/15/2013 03:19 PM, Rick Bensene wrote:
The 3M-branded tapes definitely seem to hold up better
-- I have a bunch
of old 3M DC-300A's as a set that were part of the UUNET Unix archive,
and they are still solid to this day. Anything Scotch-branded is
generally useless. Perhaps Tektronix OEM for the DC-300 tapes was
indeed Scotch.
"Scotch" is still 3M--just their budget brand. I recall having terrible
experiences with Scotch 777 back in the day. The 3M 700 "Black Watch"
tape was much superior.
--Chuck