Oersted Ratings of DC300A and DC600 Tape Cartridges

From: Brian Chase <vaxzilla_at_jarai.org>
Date: Sun Jan 5 19:57:01 2003

On Wed, 1 Jan 2003, Marvin Johnston wrote:

> Wonderful, thanks much for the information!!! Due to financial concerns,
> I am selling my IBM 5100 (sigh) on Ebay. Most of the tapes were DC300A,
> and the extra ones I have are the DC600s. I am in the process of
> duplicating the tapes, 1) so I can keep a set of the Patch and Games
> tapes in case I can ever afford another one :), and 2) to make sure the
> tapes are readable. Thanks again!

If at all possible, it would be wise to store file images of these tapes
on CDs or some other more modern storage format. I'm not sure exactly
how one would go about doing this, but maybe someone on the list can
offer some suggestions.

-brian.
Received on Sun Jan 05 2003 - 19:57:01 GMT