IBM 9348 9-track tape drive - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

17 Jun 2005

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 From: "Brian Knittel" <brian at
quarterbyte.com>

  ... I recently read that operators would rub a
bit of nose oil on
 the sticky or unreadable spot on the tape 
Is that the expensive stuff you buy in a little bottle,
they call it Attar of Noses? 
Hi
 This may have worked for reading but my experience is
that any finger or nose grease will make recording
fail on cassette tapes.
Dwight