I'm looking for a small quantity of 10.5" half-inch reel tape seal
belts. These are the things that almost everybody with a large
collection of tapes used to hang their half-inch tapes in racks made for
the purpose.
At one time, like tape write rings, these things were as common as
cockroaches. Countless millions manufactured.
I can't seem to find anyone who is sitting on a pile of these. Not even
eBay. Mind you, I don't want the tapes themselves, just the belts. My
issue is that I'm getting sent tapes without cases or belts more
frequently. I suspect that in many situations, the belts have just been
discarded, as they break and become brittle with age.
I can remember discarding the hard plastic cases when refitting tapes
for the auto-thread drives. We'd fill up dumpsters with the things.
If someone is sitting a pile of the old cases, those would do in a pinch.
Any ideas or leads welcome.
Thanks,
Chuck
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