On 6/27/19 10:03 AM, John Foust via cctalk wrote: > At 11:32 AM 6/27/2019, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote: >> If you google "magnetic tape viewer" they have pictures of what I think the >> earlier poster described. > > I see quite a few on eBay and Amazon. Looks like you just need to > pick a Japanese one? What's the distinguishing characteristic of a > better one? It'll see mag tape marks like the liquid does? > Or I would assume the liquid is much more high resolution.
I've not had any luck using the gold-colored Japanese film on magtape. Magnetic stripes yes, but not tapes. --Chuck