Nine track tape BOT sensing foil

[Keven Miller (rtt)]

Mr Ian Primus wrote:
> After a recent fight with some Cipher tape drives,
> trying to boot a system, I managed to badly mangle the
> leader of my boot tape. Now, rewriting the tape isn't
> a problem, but fixing the tape is. I can cut off the
> mangled leader, but then there won't be enough tape
> left before the BOT marker. The BOT on a nine track is
> just a hunk of sensing foil, just like I remember from
> trying to repair eight track tapes (BTW, tinfoil and
> double sided tape _doesn't_ work on eight tracks). Rat
> Shack no longer sells sensing foil, surprise, surprise
> - so, does anyone know of a currently available
> solution? That metal duct work tape perhaps? I don't
> want to use anything that might risk damage to the
> heads though. Any ideas?
> 

I too have a package of 9-track sensing markers.
I could snip some off and send in an envelope.


Keven Miller
Orem Utah, US