Re: Old Magnetic Tapes

From: Aaron J. Grier (agrier_at_poofygoof.com)
Date: 01/09/04 

Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2004 01:53:05 -0000

 <jmfbahciv@aol.com> wrote:
> In article <brpnsp$64cah$2@ID-135708.news.uni-berlin.de>,
> bill@gw5.cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) wrote:
> >And, as was already mentioned, the oxide itself becomes unstable over
> >time. I have had tapes stick together and have had tapes that shed
> >their oxide when attempts were made to read them after a long
> >wait.
> do you have lots and lots of wipes?

I would assume you could apply the same temporary solution to this that
the audio guys do: load the tapes on metal reels and bake 'em.

search for "baking tapes" on rec.audio.pro for more information. 

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  Aaron J. Grier | "Not your ordinary poofy goof." | agrier@poofygoof.com
  "someday the industry will have throbbing frontal lobes and will be able
  to write provably correct software.  also, I want a pony." -- Zach Brown

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