2 Nov
2025
2 Nov
'25
11:25 a.m.
On 2025-11-02 8:46 a.m., Jon Elson via cctalk wrote:
On 11/1/25 20:49, ben via cctalk wrote:
I forgot to ask the important question.
"how many reels" of dec tape would be wanted for replacement"?
Ben.
How hard would it be to make new dec tape media?
60 year tape could use a replacement.
Ben.
DecTape is laminated, ie. it has Mylar on both sides of the oxide. 50
years ago, we made working replacements from 3/4" instrumentation tape,
but it was NOT laminated. It had a print-through issue where if left
sitting for a few months, it would start getting errors. I have no idea
if there is anywhere you can buy 3/4" instrumentation tape. Maybe you
can get 3/4" video tape.
Jon