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From: brown@nicmad.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.video
Subject: Re: Possibility of buying bulk video tape
Message-ID: <425@nicmad.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 13-Nov-85 18:39:58 EST
Article-I.D.: nicmad.425
Posted: Wed Nov 13 18:39:58 1985
Date-Received: Fri, 15-Nov-85 07:59:05 EST
References: <533@aero.ARPA> <760@bu-cs.UUCP>
Reply-To: brown@nicmad.UUCP (Mr. Video)
Organization: Nicolet Instrument Corp. Madison WI
Lines: 12
Keywords: VHS or BETA video cassettes

In article <760@bu-cs.UUCP> rem@bu-cs.UUCP (Robert E. Mee) writes:
>Has anyone out in the net thought of (or implemented) using computer 
>magtape in 2400' reels and placing it in empty video cassette shells?

DO NOT DO WHAT YOU ARE THINKING.  YOU WILL BE IN TROUBLE.

Computer tape is NOT formulated to work with video equipment.  Without
going into details of tape formulation, just believe that you would be in
trouble.
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Mr. Video   {seismo!uwvax|decvax|ihnp4}!nicmad!brown