15 Feb
2007
15 Feb
'07
12:49 a.m.
A while back a guy (ebay ID was something similar to 'jeffking') was selling
cartons of paper tape for $4.00 each.
Someone here said that the tape they got was oiled, don't remember who. I
bought a box because all the tape I have is unoiled, but what I got was
definitely not oiled (nor had it been in the past).
It's no big deal at all, I'm happy to have more tape (especially at $4 a
carton!!). But I was curious if others got in on this deal and if what they
got was oiled or not? I wanted oiled for an ASR33...
Jay
15 Feb
15 Feb
12:49 p.m.
A while back a guy (ebay ID was something similar to
'jeffking') was selling cartons of paper tape for $4.00 each.
Someone here said that the tape they got was oiled, don't
remember who. I bought a box because all the tape I have is
unoiled, but what I got was definitely not oiled (nor had it
been in the past).
It's no big deal at all, I'm happy to have more tape
(especially at $4 a carton!!). But I was curious if others
got in on this deal and if what they got was oiled or not? I
wanted oiled for an ASR33...
Jay
His eBay user ID was jeffking500. I bought 4 boxes and the rolls I got were
all definitely oiled. He still has some for sale. See item number
8288222035.
Jon
4:07 p.m.
Jon wrote....
His eBay user ID was jeffking500. I bought 4 boxes and
the rolls I got
were
all definitely oiled. He still has some for sale. See item number
8288222035.
The stuff I got was light powder blue in color, with "TOP" and arrows
printing. That is just what is pictured in the auction.
I had a small reel of oiled tape that came with one of my ASR33's. The tape
appeared to have dried out, but there was no mistaking the smell of oil from
it. On this blue tape from jeffking, I definitely don't get any smell of oil
at all. Are you sure it's oiled?
Jay
8:04 p.m.
on 2/15/07 10:07 AM, Jay West at jwest at classiccmp.org wrote:
Jon wrote....
My box contained oiled tape as well - it reeks of the smell, and has
"oiled"
stamped on the outside. I emailed jeffking asking if he had any unoiled and
he responded no it was all the same (?)
Richard Lynch
His eBay user ID was jeffking500. I bought 4
boxes and the rolls I got
were
all definitely oiled. He still has some for sale. See item number
8288222035.
The stuff I got was light powder blue in color, with "TOP" and arrows
printing. That is just what is pictured in the auction.
I had a small reel of oiled tape that came with one of my ASR33's. The tape
appeared to have dried out, but there was no mistaking the smell of oil from
it. On this blue tape from jeffking, I definitely don't get any smell of oil
at all. Are you sure it's oiled?
Jay
16 Feb
16 Feb
2:11 p.m.
Richard Lynch wrote...
My box contained oiled tape as well - it reeks of the
smell, and has
"oiled"
stamped on the outside. I emailed jeffking asking if he had any unoiled
and
he responded no it was all the same (?)
My box isn't the white "Singer" box pictured in the ad, just a plain brown
box. It is not stamped "oiled", nor are there any other markings on it at
all.
Most strange!
Jay
1:29 a.m.
Jay wrote...
The stuff I got was light powder blue in color, with "TOP"
and arrows printing. That is just what is pictured in the auction.
Yup, that is exactly what I received.
I had a small reel of oiled tape that came with one of my
ASR33's. The tape appeared to have dried out, but there was
no mistaking the smell of oil from it. On this blue tape from
jeffking, I definitely don't get any smell of oil at all. Are
you sure it's oiled?
Yes it is definitely oiled...no mistaking that smell even if I haven't
smelled it in almost 30 years (just picked up an ASR33 about a year ago for
my pdp8/e project, first one I've worked on since 1976). I would have been
OK if it was not oiled but it would be tough to figure out a way to fanfold
it to use in the PC04....
I bought a whole case from him which was four small boxes of 7 rolls each
which were in a larger carton. Even the outer carton was oily and when it
was delivered my wife took it straight out to the garage it smelled so
strongly.
The outer carton has part number 2003180 on it addressed to the
Transportation Officer at Holliman AFB in New Mexico. It is dated 3-27-74
and says it contains 28 rolls of 1 x 8 Oiled paper tape.
Jon
15 Feb
15 Feb
5:24 p.m.
On Feb 15, 2007, at 7:49 AM, Jon Miles wrote:
The ones I bought from him were "so oiled" that they're stinking
up the whole room!
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
A while back a
guy (ebay ID was something similar to
'jeffking') was selling cartons of paper tape for $4.00 each.
Someone here said that the tape they got was oiled, don't
remember who. I bought a box because all the tape I have is
unoiled, but what I got was definitely not oiled (nor had it
been in the past).
It's no big deal at all, I'm happy to have more tape
(especially at $4 a carton!!). But I was curious if others
got in on this deal and if what they got was oiled or not? I
wanted oiled for an ASR33...
His eBay user ID was jeffking500. I bought 4 boxes and the rolls I
got were
all definitely oiled. He still has some for sale. See item number
8288222035.
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