> -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of jim > stephens > Sent: 30 August 2016 23:19 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: BA123 Side panels and Stuck TK50 > > > > On 8/30/2016 1:54 PM, shadoooo wrote: > > > > A tape in this condition of striction is probably unusable anyway, > > unless you back it up a little in an oven, but even so it could be > > readable just for a couple of hours > I wonder if the header could be cut off and used for the other guy's thread, > who has the broken leader.
I think you are referring to me. The leader I was talking about was the one *inside the drive* that hooks the tape in the cartridge. I may have used the wrong term, if so sorry about that. > That wouldn't involve the magnetic media being > involved, and might fix his tape cartridge. I think someone suggested > sacrificing a cartridge, this would be better than a possibly good one as a > source for the leader. > So sacrificing a cartridge wouldn't help in my case.... Regards Rob
