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

[David Lawyer]

On Fri, Nov 09, 2007 at 03:27:13PM -0800, Gene Mance wrote:
> 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.

I failed to explain that this is from the 1960's.  It's obsolete but a
collector's item.

> 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
> >
> 
			David Lawyer