On 06/07/2019 01:06 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
On 6/7/19 8:25 AM, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote:
My experience with them is that the seal bands are quite long-lasting,
but the black ends that snap in tend to crack after a while. These
small parts could likely be reverse engineered and
Another failure category that I've experienced with very old IBM reels
is that the "blue back" ones can have a tendency to come apart; that is,
the rear flange separates from the front.
The "blue" ones are a bit different in attachment from the "brown" ones
in that the two halves are held
On 6/7/19 8:25 AM, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote:
> On 06/05/2019 06:05 PM, Stan Sieler via cctalk wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I think someone was looking for tape seals for 9 track tapes, a few weeks
>> ago.
>>
>> If they can contact me offline, I have about 20 of varying sizes for
>> shipping cost or local
On 06/05/2019 06:05 PM, Stan Sieler via cctalk wrote:
Hi,
I think someone was looking for tape seals for 9 track tapes, a few weeks
ago.
If they can contact me offline, I have about 20 of varying sizes for
shipping cost or local pickup.
My experience with them is that the seal bands are quite
On 5/19/19 6:37 PM, Guy Dunphy wrote:
> Just a thought - I buy small ziplock bags of various sizes in bulk from
> Aliexpress. Very cheap.
> I use them around the workshop, electronics, and for filing B5-sized
> documents in storage cubes.
>
> It seems likely there would be ziplock bags that
At 09:36 AM 18/05/2019 -0700, Chuck wrote:
>There may be better solutions, but I haven't come up with one yet. It's
>a bit funny; I can remember when the tape seal adoption was causing
>dumpster-loads of hard plastic tape cases to be scrapped. The cases
>that remain tend to be intact, even after
On 5/18/19 8:25 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
>
>
> On 5/18/19 7:33 AM, Shoppa, Tim via cctalk wrote:
>
>> Is there any outfit that sells "new tape seals"? Or a preferred better way
>> to hang tapes in 2019?
>
> FWIW, IBM auto-load hard plastic seems to be holding up better, you might be
>
On 5/18/19 7:33 AM, Shoppa, Tim via cctalk wrote:
> Is there any outfit that sells "new tape seals"? Or a preferred better way to
> hang tapes in 2019?
FWIW, IBM auto-load hard plastic seems to be holding up better, you might be
able to find a small
quantity of those around.
Failing that,
On 5/18/19 7:33 AM, Shoppa, Tim via cctalk wrote:
> Is there any outfit that sells "new tape seals"?
nope
Chuck just went through this and decided to use film canisters
