11 Jun
2000
11 Jun
'00
11:41 p.m.
Sounds like the oxide is crapped out and starting to come off [on your
heads!]. I ran across the same thing with a big box of HP
cassettes--only about 6 out of 50 or so were even remotely usable [and
they had been stored in the original storage boxes in reasonable
environmental conditions for the last 20 years]. Doesn't bode well for
the future of tape media.
Craig
W.B.(Wim) Hofman wrote:
In my experience great care is necessary with TK50 tapes.We bought a bunch
original DEC tapes recently, but it was necessary to clean heads before
reading every time.
Wim
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> From: Bill Bradford <mrbill(a)mrbill.net>
> To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
> Subject: source for cheap TK50s?
> Date: Monday, June 12, 2000 12:25 AM
>
> Anybody know a source for cheap TK50 tapes? I dont mind used...
>
> Bill
>
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