DECtape reliability?

[Tom Moss]

Excellent, I guess I'll have to get myself a TU56 at some point.

On 12 November 2015 at 15:39, Doug Ingraham <dpi at dustyoldcomputers.com>
wrote:

> I've got over 200 DEC tapes written before 1973 and there are just a couple
> where there is any issue.  Those with issues have severe wear of the tape
> surface.  They were system tapes that were in constant service.  Usually
> you get a couple of cycles of shoe shine and it manages to read anyway.  It
> is entirely possible that a rewrite of those sectors would clear the issue
> entirely.
>
> They are pretty reliable.
>
> Doug
>
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 6:24 AM, Tom Moss <tomjmoss at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> > I've had very mixed (about 50/50) success with 9-track, but after
> reading a
> > bit about DECtape it looks like they should still be holding up nicely.
> >
> > Anyone care to share their experiences?
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Doug Ingraham
> PDP-8 SN 1175
>