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From: john@frog.UUCP (John Woods, Software)
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Subject: Re: Computer Tape Disposal
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Date: Fri, 16-Oct-87 15:49:00 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct 16 15:49:00 1987
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In article <2093@kitty.UUCP>, larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman) writes:
> In article <2166@sfsup.UUCP>, jeffj@sfsup.UUCP (J.S.Jonas) writes:
> > > Our Environmental department asked me if there is anything they need
> > > to be concerned with regarding the disposal of a large number of
> > > 700' and 2400' reels of magnetic tape.
> > If you are concerned about environmental impact, why not erase them
> > and sell them to a surplus place (or at least donate them to a college).
> 
> 	The truth of the matter is that computer tape designed for digital
> recording makes a rather unsatisfactory audio tape. ...
> 	So my point is: an honest surplus dealer won't touch surplus
> digital tape with a ten-foot pole, so there is effectively no market for
> it.  
At MIT, my computer center used surplus DIGITAL tape in our computers
all the time.  What are you talking about?

(We also occaisionally used them for constructing swings in the computer
room when they failed to pass "tptest" :-).

--
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