Date : Mon, 27 Apr 2020 22:01:40 +0100
From : dm.hunt@... (David Hunt)
Subject: Rescuing cassette tapes
I?d second that. That technique saved some 1970s computer tapes from a 380Z
and an Apple ][ - as for open reel, a standard open reel machine with ??
tape will pick up both ?sides? of the tape simultaneously as the head is wider.
From: bbc-micro-bounces+dm.hunt=ntlworld.com@... <bbc-micro-bounces+dm.hunt=ntlworld.com
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Sent: 27 April 2020 16:31
To: lug@...
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Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] Rescuing cassette tapes
Hi,
As Adam Sampson does, you could buy some new screwed-together blank cassette
shells and after cracking the old tape cassettes open put the spools in a
new screwed-together cassette shell.
On Mon, 27 Apr 2020 at 16:02, Rob Malpass <lug@... <mailto:lug
at getiton.myzen.co.uk> > wrote:
Thanks all
The major issue I'm having is mechanical. The spools inside the cassette
(which as has been said is a compact cassette so not suitable for 1960s reel
to reel machines) are stuck fast. No pencil, no fast forward is shifting
them - well apart from the 10s I managed then they lock up.
The only thing I can think of is crack the tape open - but that means I'm
going to struggle to play them again!
Cheers
R
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Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] Rescuing cassette tapes
"Rob Malpass" <lug@... <mailto:lug@...>
> writes:
> What I?d really like is some sort of reel to reel device which plays
> standard cassettes which allowed me to easily fix (by cracking the
> tape open and just taking the spools) any problems.
I digitised all the tapes I had a few years ago. For cassettes where the
shell had warped/cracked or the pressure pad had disintegrated, I moved the
spools into a good-quality screwed-together blank cassette shell, by sliding
the spools out of the old shell onto a piece of card.
As Michael suggested, I'd always wind a tape from end to end before playing
so it's packed evenly on the spools. If you have a dodgy tape, a decent hifi
tape deck (with fresh drive belts) will give you better results and less
risk of damage to the tape than a cheap mechanical player.
Thanks,
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