On Fri, 21 Jan 2022, it was written
Have you tried Misumi? The only problem I had was that you have to be VAT
registered. I had a friend order for me.
Yes, and that is exactly the problem.
Christian
> Have you tried Misumi? The only problem I had was that you have to be
> VAT
> registered. I had a friend order for me.
>
> https://us.misumi-ec.com/vona2/detail/223000860382/
>
> I used the 150 mm / 6mm variety and as far as I can tell it works
> nicely. I
> have been running a tape in a Tektr
>
> Well, both the SF-7000 as well as the SF-6500 (the size for QIC
> cartridges) are de facto unavailable/out of stock/whatever.
> The only alternative that I could find are the Mobilon Bands from
> Nisshinbo. But same story, I can't order them, there is no store that I
> could do that.
>
Have yo
On Thu, 20 Jan 2022, it was written
On Jan 20, 2022, at 00:23, Christian Corti via cctech
wrote: What bands did you use/buy? I ask
because the Baumgartens Plastibands aren't available in the required
size (as if they are not produced any more).
I bought the assorted sizes pack (SF-7000, I thin
> On Jan 20, 2022, at 00:23, Christian Corti via cctech
> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 19 Jan 2022, Jonathan Chapman wrote:
>> Just as a follow-up, I retensioned and read both tapes with clear bands this
>> morning, and they're fine. Since they were parked, there shouldn't have been
>> anything impo
On Wed, 19 Jan 2022, Jonathan Chapman wrote:
Just as a follow-up, I retensioned and read both tapes with clear bands
this morning, and they're fine. Since they were parked, there shouldn't
have been anything important there, and it looks like the removed oxide
is staying on the band.
What ban
Just as a follow-up, I retensioned and read both tapes with clear bands this
morning, and they're fine. Since they were parked, there shouldn't have been
anything important there, and it looks like the removed oxide is staying on the
band.
Thanks,
Jonathan
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On 1/18/22 22:32, Alan Perry via cctalk wrote:
>
> On 1/18/22 8:22 AM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
>> You should be warned that Plastibands
>> do deteriorate after a year or so--I have a package of them that cannot
>> be stretched without breaking.
>>
>
> Do you keep them in sealed bags? I keep
On 1/18/22 8:22 AM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
You should be warned that Plastibands
do deteriorate after a year or so--I have a package of them that cannot
be stretched without breaking.
Do you keep them in sealed bags? I keep mine in a zip-lock and the ones
that I got a couple years ag
On 1/18/22 11:38, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote:
>
>
>> On Jan 18, 2022, at 10:09 AM, Jonathan Chapman via cctalk
>> wrote:
>>
>>> My opinion is that if you're trying to use DC carts for archival
>> storage, you should have your (tape) head examined.
>>
>> Not archival storage, just day-to-day op
> On Jan 18, 2022, at 10:09 AM, Jonathan Chapman via cctalk
> wrote:
>
>> My opinion is that if you're trying to use DC carts for archival
> storage, you should have your (tape) head examined.
>
> Not archival storage, just day-to-day operation on old stuff, like Sun3/Sun4,
> AT&T UNIX PC,
On Jan 18, 2022, at 8:58 AM, Chris Zach via cctalk
wrote:
>
>> As someone that has worked with computer tapes for nearly 40 years, I have
>> to question the sanity of this. These
> tapes are *HOW* old? What was their intended lifespan? While we all like to
> keep our hardware as original a
On 1/18/22 11:21 AM, Jonathan Chapman via cctalk wrote:
I don't do a reinstall of SunOS every day, though!
Fair enough.
If I had a process where something might fail in between uses, I'd
augment the process to re-write the image to a (new instance of) tape
before I try to use it.
Yeah, it'
> However, "couple (of) months" seems incongruent with "day-to-day".
I don't do a reinstall of SunOS every day, though!
> I am assuming that the day-to-day operation to mean that the source data
> is still accessible on the source system. As such, it's probably simply
> a matter of annoyance when
On 1/18/22 11:09 AM, Jonathan Chapman via cctalk wrote:
Not archival storage, just day-to-day operation on old stuff, like
Sun3/Sun4, AT&T UNIX PC, etc.
Okay. I can see that.
However, "couple (of) months" seems incongruent with "day-to-day".
I am assuming that the day-to-day operation to mea
> I wince at the idea of running with QIC tape. But my experience is with
> QIC-80 tapes of the '90s
Yes, small ftape QIC-80s were certainly in the "not great" category!
Thanks,
Jonathan
> My opinion is that if you're trying to use DC carts for archival
storage, you should have your (tape) head examined.
Not archival storage, just day-to-day operation on old stuff, like Sun3/Sun4,
AT&T UNIX PC, etc.
> As someone that has worked with computer tapes for nearly 40 years, I have to
On 1/18/22 8:33 AM, Jonathan Chapman via cctalk wrote:
https://i.imgur.com/48EfOQG.jpg
Ouch!
With my luck, that would have been the index / start of tape marker
rendering the rest of the tape mostly unusable.
That's after sitting parked a couple months.
Um I would naively think tha
As someone that has worked with computer tapes for nearly 40 years, I have to question the sanity of this. These
tapes are *HOW* old? What was their intended lifespan? While we all
like to keep our hardware as original as possible, does it really make
sense to try to run systems in this day a
On 1/18/22 07:33, Jonathan Chapman via cctalk wrote:
> https://i.imgur.com/48EfOQG.jpg
>
> That's after sitting parked a couple months. I have a Dysan doing it too. The
> Dysan had been re-banded with a boiled 3M band and run for years like that
> with no shedding. I have another Dysan with a gr
On Jan 18, 2022, at 7:33 AM, Jonathan Chapman via cctalk
wrote:
>
> I know, I know..."just use the band to get data off." But I want to *run*
> QICs without having to destroy them constantly.
As someone that has worked with computer tapes for nearly 40 years, I have to
question the sanity of
https://i.imgur.com/48EfOQG.jpg
That's after sitting parked a couple months. I have a Dysan doing it too. The
Dysan had been re-banded with a boiled 3M band and run for years like that with
no shedding. I have another Dysan with a green Plastiband in it which is also
fine, minimal/no shed. So,
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