9-track BOT/EOT markers?

[Steve Robertson]

On Fri, 2008-06-13 at 22:32 -0700, Josh Dersch wrote:
> Hey all --
> 
> Got myself an HP 7980S 9-track drive (always wanted a 9-track drive...) 
> and accidentally mangled my one and only 9-track tape just after the BOT 
> marker (not sure what caused it, maybe the drive needs a bit of 
> adjustment...).  So I have two questions:  Where can I find a reasonable 
> replacement for the marker, and where does it go?  I see the sense foil 
> on the part of the tape that got mangled, but I don't know what side of 
> the tape it was originally on...
> 
> Thanks!
> Josh
> 
> P.S. The magical tape autoloading thing this drive does is the coolest 
> thing I've seen in a long time :).

Hey,

I agree... It's very cool the way those tape drives load a tape.

CAUTION: Shameless plug -

If anyone needs some tapes, I have about 20 boxes of new tapes (10 per
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-- 
Steve Robertson
steerex [at] ccvn [dot] com