24 Jan
2022
24 Jan
'22
9:17 a.m.
On Jan 24, 2022, at 10:56 AM, Jon Elson via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
Back in 1971 or so, we had a PDP-5 with DECTapes, and bought 3/4" analog recorder
tapes surplus to make up new tapes. It was much thinner than DECTape, and we had
print-through issues of tapes that were stored for a few weeks. That seemed to clear up if
the tapes were then used again. I guess the permeability was not as high as real
DECTapes.
Jon
It may also be a case of wrong shape hysteresis loop. And standard tape isn't usually
sandwich tape as DECtape is, so it would wear fast.
paul