David Boyes wrote:
Pretty scary that the circa 1970s volumes actually seem to have a higher
readability index so far.
Not too surprising to those who dabble in pro audio, though. In the late 70s-early 80s tape manufacturers developed new/improved formulae for tape backings. Of course these turned into a disaster in the pro-audio world with the infamous "sticky shed syndrome" and led to "tape baking" which would allow the tapes to be momentarily usable enough to be copied.
Audio tech guru Eddie Cilletti used to have some details on hows and whys of this on his
website. As I recall, Owen-Corning mad a food dehydrator which worked quite nicely for
the "baking" method.
