Ouch.... These BLACK WATCH tapes are known for problems. They used
a thinner than normal plastic base and oxide to squeeze 3600 feet on a reel
that was only designed to hold 2400 feet. These are not
boat anchors, they are data torpedos waiting to detonate Please,
discard them ....







At 09:42 AM 9/25/98 +0000, you wrote:
>Since we went to using DAT's a couple of years ago we have a bunch of old
>9 track tapes. Most of the reels are 3600' 3M Black Watch 704 tapes.
>Anybody want them? Rather give them away then junk them.
>
>-Lane
>
Gary L. Biggs, N5TTO
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