Re: [ARSCLIST] The worst cassette tape years

[John Spencer <js@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

An excellent example of how generalizations don't always match outcomes.

Glad to hear your transfer went great!

Best,

John Spencer
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On Jun 4, 2007, at 3:55 PM, Christie Peterson wrote:

> Tom Fine wrote:
> > If someone sent me a Scotch cassette, particularly a Highlander  
> > type, I'd first transplant it into a new housing. Then I'd see how  
> > it played. As long as it didn't squeal or obviously wow because it  
> > was mechanically un-sound or stuck together, I'd make the transfer  
> > and count myself lucky.
> As you were typing, Tom, I was making a digital copy of a  
> Highlander brand tape from 1971 that played perfectly.  As it  
> turned out to contain some pretty historically valuable material,  
> I'm going to count myself double-lucky today (one: I found it; two:  
> the transfer worked).  Maybe I should buy a lotto ticket on the way  
> home tonight . . .
>
> Christie Peterson
> Project Archivist, Muskie Archives & Special Collections
> Bates College
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> Lewiston, ME 04240-6018
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