source for cheap TK50s?

From: Craig Smith <ip500_at_roanoke.infi.net>
Date: Mon Jun 12 06:41:17 2000

Sounds like the oxide is crapped out and starting to come off [on your
heads!]. I ran across the same thing with a big box of HP
cassettes--only about 6 out of 50 or so were even remotely usable [and
they had been stored in the original storage boxes in reasonable
environmental conditions for the last 20 years]. Doesn't bode well for
the future of tape media.
        Craig

W.B.(Wim) Hofman wrote:
>
> In my experience great care is necessary with TK50 tapes.We bought a bunch
> original DEC tapes recently, but it was necessary to clean heads before
> reading every time.
>
> Wim
>
> ----------
> > From: Bill Bradford <mrbill_at_mrbill.net>
> > To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> > Subject: source for cheap TK50s?
> > Date: Monday, June 12, 2000 12:25 AM
> >
> > Anybody know a source for cheap TK50 tapes? I dont mind used...
> >
> > Bill
> >
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