Reading old tapes

From: Nico de Jong <nico_at_farumdata.dk>
Date: Thu Jun 24 23:50:36 2004

From: "Paul Koning" <pkoning_at_equallogic.com>
> The comment was that old tapes absorb moisture into the oxide, which
> makes things sticky and causes the oxide to stick to the wrong spots
> and flake off the tape. The solution is to set the tape in a fruit
> dryer at modest heat (150 F or so) for a while.

"Baking" tapes is a well-known "remedy" in the industry. Afterwards, the
tapes are not to be used anymore.

Nico


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