Excellent, I guess I'll have to get myself a TU56 at some point. On 12 November 2015 at 15:39, Doug Ingraham <d...@dustyoldcomputers.com> wrote:
> I've got over 200 DEC tapes written before 1973 and there are just a couple > where there is any issue. Those with issues have severe wear of the tape > surface. They were system tapes that were in constant service. Usually > you get a couple of cycles of shoe shine and it manages to read anyway. It > is entirely possible that a rewrite of those sectors would clear the issue > entirely. > > They are pretty reliable. > > Doug > > > > On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 6:24 AM, Tom Moss <tomjm...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > I've had very mixed (about 50/50) success with 9-track, but after > reading a > > bit about DECtape it looks like they should still be holding up nicely. > > > > Anyone care to share their experiences? > > > > > > -- > Doug Ingraham > PDP-8 SN 1175 >
