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

[Gene Mance]

Good looking out.
Thanks just the same.

Gene.

On 11/9/07, David Lawyer <dave at lafn.org> wrote:
> 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
>