[SGVLUG] Old reel-to-reel computer tape to give away

[Gene Mance]

David;
Where you located
I'm trying to get up to
speed,and if it's student
material,I need all the help
I can get. I'm right here in
pasadena.Get back at me.

With Integrity.

Gene.

On 11/9/07, David Lawyer <dave at lafn.org> wrote:
> I've got a "student" reel of mainframe tape designed for students to
> save their projects on as a substitute for IBM cards.  It's a 7 inch
> diameter reel with a 3 5/8 inch hole in the center and is 1/2" wide
> tape certified at 800 BPI to 6250 BPI with 9 tracks (9-bits = 1 byte
> with parity).  It's got some of my programs on it that have long ago
> been transferred to floppies and put on my HD.  I tested it per the
> internet by unwinding some of it.  It's probably OK since it unwinds
> freely from its own weight.  Some old tapes stick together and when it
> unwinds takes the stickum with it and contaminates the head, etc of
> the tape reader.
> 			David Lawyer
>