9 track reel tapes

From: Nico de Jong <nico_at_farumdata.dk>
Date: Mon Sep 29 23:28:55 2003

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Handy" <kth_at_srv.net>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 11:55 PM
Subject: Re: 9 track reel tapes
> Tapes are a hard sell, because the cost to ship them is often more
> than you can buy brand new ones for. You need to find someone who
> doesn't know they are still being made, but has a tape drive without
> many tapes.

To the best of my knowledge, the last company to manufacture tapes, eMag, has closed down production. There still is a stock left, the but production has seized.
If you know for a fact that tapes are still being made, I'd like to know it

Nico
Received on Mon Sep 29 2003 - 23:28:55 BST