9 Nov
2007
9 Nov
'07
6:37 p.m.
On Nov 9, 2007, at 9:48 AM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
At one time, Imation had a one-off manual ring
applier, but that's
apparently been consigned to the scrap pile for quite awhile. Beyond
that, my contact said that it was humanly impossible to manually
replicate the operation.
I wonder which operation he was referring to? I personally have
successfully transplanted intact bands from donor tapes to DC600
cartridges with broken bands. It's a massive headache to get it done,
but it's possible. The last one I did (a Lisp carry tape) had to be
respooled, too. Ugh.
ok
bear