Blue tape retainers
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COURYHOUSE at aol.com
Tue Jun 9 16:57:45 CDT 2015
never owned an auto load drive.... nor do I want to!
always afraid of anything autoload....things getting eaten!
Ed#
In a message dated 6/9/2015 2:54:36 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
drb at msu.edu writes:
> foam blocks ... hated the things we just tucked one end of the tape
> under the tape ring and snapped it shut seems things stayed in place
> nicely and no foam outgassing under the seal of the tape ring.
Those of us with autoload drives despised you. :)
Well, ok, the 3420 drives probably did ok regardless; you do get
something for the money (and mass) of a blue drive.
The Cipher streamers often choked on these, though.
De
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