Need any "old" tape media?

[Tothwolf]

On Thu, 7 Dec 2006, Patrick Finnegan wrote:

> I've got a stack of 8mm (doesn't mention a size, a mix of Verbatim data 
> tapes, and Sony and Fuji video tapes), 4mm DDS1 (both 60M and 90M), and 
> DLT3 tapes at work which we're getting set to throw away... the DDS/8mm 
> tapes have some data on them, and will be degaussed... the DLT3's are 
> unused, from several years ago.

Won't degaussing DDS tapes wipe the factory written sync stuff and render 
the tapes worthless? (That was my experience with some years ago 
anyway...)

-Toth