just for those intersted about analog tape

[Henry Melancon]

I guess that will make my 30 year Akai a big door stop!  I think I got to reels of Maxell tape never opened.......

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Esak [mailto:john at valar.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 1:30 PM
> To: Fplist (E-mail)
> Subject: OT: just for those intersted about analog tape
> 
> Bill,
> Is this true?  If so, how would anyone ever get new tape for their old
> machines? I only have a 2 track/quarter track Otari MX5050, but it is in
> perfect shape and I always wondered if there would come a time when I
> could
> no longer get tapes... wondering no more.
> John
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ROBIN HAKAN [mailto:ROBIN.HAKAN at EEOC.GOV]
> Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 9:18 AM
> To: john at valar.com
> Subject: No more reel to reel
> 
> 
> Last Manufacturer of Pro Analog Audio Tape Closes
> 
> 
> Posted by CowboyNeal on Wednesday January 05, @07:37PM
> from the reel-too-real dept.
> goosman writes "Quantegy, the last manufacturer of professional
> reel-to-reel analog audio tape in the world has closed their plant in
> Opelika, AL leaving a reported 250 workers without jobs, according to
> the Opelika-Auburn News. Emtec (the former BASF, which used to be AGFA)
> was the last European manufacturer and ceased manufacuring in 2002. An
> audio account of the closing can be heard at NPR."
> 
> 
> 
> = - = -- = - = -- = - = -- = - = -- = - = -- = - = -- = -- = -- = -- =
> -- =
> You're dealing with the demon of external validation. You can't beat
> external validation. You want to know why? Because it feels sooo good.
> 
>                                      Barbara Hall,
>                                      Northern Exposure,
>                                      Gran Prix, 1994
> 
> Sometimes the mind, for reasons we don't necessarily understand,
> just decides to go to the store for a quart of milk.
> 
>                                      Diane Frolov and Andrew
> Schneider,
>                                      Northern Exposure,
>                                      Three Doctors, 1993
> 
> 
> Robin Hakan
> Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
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> fax (202) 663-4451
> robin.hakan at eeoc.gov
> 
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