Re: [ARSCLIST] Scotch 200 box photograph -Del's Response

["Richard L. Hess" <arclists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Glad you're finding this useful.  Delos Eilers originally did this 
for 3M. I asked Herr Friedrich Engel, the former BASF Historian and 
author to do the BASF one and he did a wonderful job. I wish Del 
would add the sunset dates for each tape type, but it's a lot of work 
and the data is not conveniently done--you have to look for the 
absence of a tape on one year's price list and make sure it appeared 
the previous year.

Scott Dorsey who works at NASA/Langley put together a less detailed 
list for Ampex tapes
http://www.recordist.com/ampex/docs/apxtape.txt

In order to complete the red-green-blue trio, I have scanned the red 
111 box and the blue 200 box. Now, Angie, if we quickly flip through 
all three will we see the original in living colour like this?
http://www.pbase.com/rlhess/image/23541265 (just kidding)

The 3M boxes are at:
http://www.richardhess.net//restoration_notes/111.jpg
http://www.richardhess.net//restoration_notes/200.jpg
They are a bit bigger than Angie's file, but I wanted to make sure 
the screen pattern was preserved so you can de-screen to your heart's content.

Cheers,

Richard



At 12:34 PM 8/2/2006, you wrote:
> This is a great site! It answers a lot of my questions!
>   Roger Kulp
>
> "Richard L. Hess" <arclists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>   Hi, Angie,
>
> Do you know what date that tape is from? I'm trying to determine an
> end-date for the manufacture of 3M 311. It was the only PVC tape that
> they ever manufactured. How is it holding up? It was introduced in 1960.
> http://www.aes.org/aeshc/3mtapedoc.html
>
> IG Farben and BASF made this stuff from 1944 (homogeneous) through
> 1972 (coated).
> http://www.aes.org/aeshc/basftapedoc.html
>
> Cheers,
>
> Richard
>
> At 11:30 AM 8/2/2006, you wrote:
> >Here's a quick scan of a 311 box. It doesn't seem like the same 
> photo though.
> >
> >http://www.avocadoproductions.com/311.jpg
> >
> >I had a client's 111 here about a month ago, but didn't think to
> >scan the box before sending it back.
> >
> >Angie Dickinson Mickle
> >Avocado Productions
> >Arvada, CO
> >www.avocadoproductions.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >--
> >No virus found in this outgoing message.
> >Checked by AVG Free Edition.
> >Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.5/405 - Release Date: 8/1/2006
> >
>
> Richard L. Hess email: richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Aurora, Ontario, Canada (905) 713 6733 1-877-TAPE-FIX
> Detailed contact information: http://www.richardhess.com/tape/contact.htm
> Quality tape transfers -- even from hard-to-play tapes.
>
>
>
> ---------------------------------
> How low will we go? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low  PC-to-Phone call rates.

Richard L. Hess                   email: richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Aurora, Ontario, Canada       (905) 713 6733     1-877-TAPE-FIX
Detailed contact information: http://www.richardhess.com/tape/contact.htm
Quality tape transfers -- even from hard-to-play tapes.