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From: Steve_Graham@ub.cc.umich.edu
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Subject: Tape packing
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Date: 8 Nov 90 13:53:33 GMT
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I too have noted that different types pack differently.  Japanese reels are
generally not too good in this regard.  European tapes tend to be a bit better.
US stock is variable.  Ampex 406/7 and Scotch 206/7 aren't too bad, but
the low-print voice tape that Ampex makes packs exceedingly well, (sorry,
I've forgotten the number) but Scotch 806/7, which "replaces" 206/7 scatter
winds very badly indeed.  (The very notion that this tape, which is very, very
bright, replaces 206/7 is ludicrous...but I won't start on that again.  I think
3M has made some very silly marketing choices in their analog tape line in the
past couple of years.  Annoying too.)