Re: [ARSCLIST] The old is new again

["Richard L. Hess" <arclists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 01:42 PM 2007-04-05, Steven Smolian wrote:
> I own one.  It uses posibly the shortest lived commercial format in 
> history- a 7" 1/8" wide reel, only available from them (or, now, a 
> closeout house) and out for perhaps a year.  Sometimes I need to 
> take a cassette out of its housing and control it in the open air- 
> and this got me out of a tight corner one time.  It's still in the 
> storage room.

Hi, Steve,

Is this 1/8-inch wide tape or cassette-width tape? Cassette width is 
closer to 1/7-inch, not 1/8-inch. As you know it's 0.150" wide. I 
think you need an A80QC to do 0.150" tape tricks <smile>. I reload 
all the oddball 0.150 tape into standard cassette shells and usually 
use a Dragon or either the Tascam 4- or 8-track.

Cheers,

Richard


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