More stuff to go...

[Tom Peters]

At 06:21 PM 9/1/2008 -0400, you wrote:

>I also have boxes upon boxes of (used and degaussed) DLT-4 media.  I'd
>like to get about $1/tape for that.

With the servo track erased by degaussing, aren't they doorstops? My 
understanding was that there is a timing track written at manufacture, and 
it can't be put back with a standard tape drive.

Inquiring minds want to know.




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