16 Aug
2014
16 Aug
'14
12:21 p.m.
On 8/15/14 11:02 AM, Al Kossow wrote:
Looks like it worked fine. 10 tapes that didn't
stick while retensioning. I was a little concerned
since the airflow is a lot lower than my old oven (which was also a closed system with a
dehydrator)
but it seems to do the trick.
Well, there is a new winner in the "most evil tape category" that makes MRX V
look good in comparison.
Wabash (who would have guessed..)
Two passes through the new oven and they still shed like crazy.
Fortunately, I have a new method for retensioning so I never even get as far as seeing
a drive start shoeshining now. I found some lint-free wipes that are SUPER strong woven
fibre that I put over the blade of a portable tape cleaner and slowly work across the
surface as the tape retensions. Works like a charm (no more squeels on the drive) and
I know how bad the tape is up front by how much is on the wipe.
The Wabash is BAD
I set up the old oven to see if greatly increased airflow helps at all to recover these.
Figures these would be the four tapes that someone in Boston REALLY wants the bits from.