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At 07:37 AM 2009-02-25, Goran Finnberg wrote:
Will Prentice:
> Responding to Richard's comment that "all tape
> manufacturers seemed to have created batches of
> tape which suffered from this [i.e., SSS]"
I have never ever seen any BASF tape ever go sticky shed.
Hello, Goran,
I used to say that until my 5-year-old MRL 3.75 in/s calibration tape
started to shed. Whether it is true SSS or un-sticky shed I have not
confirmed, but it is leaving deposits on a head and giving me spacing
loss problems. I received an email about a similar vintage MRL tape
that someone had baked and it was repaired at least for a while. MRL
confirmed it was SM911 from circa 2003. Now you might argue that this
is Emtec tape, and I think it was, so perhaps that doesn't count, but
it is the direct descendant of BASF. Perhaps Emtec loosened quality control?
I was shocked to find this SM911 shedding.
Also, I found non-sticky shed in a reel of Agfa PEM 526 from circa
1990--again a spacing loss thing.
Someone else suggested that the "never SSS" award should go to Zonal.
I don't know.
Cheers,
Richard
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.