another issue.  if this is the only tape that squeaks then the tape itself
may be degenerating.  i saw a story a long time ago on 60 minutes about
the library of congress and how many of their tape archives were
degenerating.  they would bake the tape for hours in a warm oven to get
one more good read out of them and then they would re-record them.


On Mon, 29 Aug 2005, dtm50 wrote:

> Squealing tapes ..... For your information Radio
> Shack sells a kit for cleaning heads on a cassette
> tape machine.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom Fowle" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 2:41 PM
> Subject: Re: [VICUG-L] squielling tapes
>
>
> Denatured alcohol is better if you can get it,
> some things sold as
> "rubbing alcohol" contain oils and other
> undesirable stuff you would really
> rather not put on your tape heads.
>
> Tom
>
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