25 Feb
2014
25 Feb
'14
10:50 a.m.
List:
I've got a 2400' reel of 9-track tape here from 1971--so far, no issues.
But the brand is "Wabash"--I'm well acquainted with the execrable
quality of the brand when it comes to floppies, but have no experience
with pre-floppy-era tapes.
I'll bake the thing (130F for a day or so) before reading it, but does
anyone have any experience with this brand and age? I'd used mostly 3M,
CDC and IBM branded tape back in the day.
--Chuck
25 Feb
25 Feb
11 a.m.
On Feb 25, 2014, at 1:50 PM, Chuck Guzis <cclist at sydex.com> wrote:
List:
I've got a 2400' reel of 9-track tape here from 1971--so far, no issues. But the
brand is "Wabash"--I'm well acquainted with the execrable quality of the
brand when it comes to floppies, but have no experience with pre-floppy-era tapes.
I'll bake the thing (130F for a day or so) before reading it, but does anyone have
any experience with this brand and age? I'd used mostly 3M, CDC and IBM branded tape
back in the day.
I suspect CDC and IBM brand tapes are not actually made by those companies but are
relabeled tapes from a tape manufacturer.
But anyway ? I remember Wabash but don?t recall any specific issues with it. For that
matter, I don?t remember any 1/2 inch tape brands that were problematic.
paul
12:04 p.m.
On 02/25/2014 11:00 AM, Paul Koning wrote:
But anyway ? I remember Wabash but don?t recall any
specific issues
with it. For that matter, I don?t remember any 1/2 inch tape brands
that were problematic.
Believe it or not, but CDC/MPI did make their own tapes in Brynmawr,
Wales. It was a big operation, producing tapes and disks. MPI began as
a joint venture with Honeywell.
IBM did have a big tape manufacturing operation in Tucson, but sold it
to 3M, who then produced tapes to IBM specs to be sold with the IBM
label. I can't recall the date, however.
--Chuck
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