just for those intersted about analog tape

[Bill Campbell]

On Thu, Jan 06, 2005, Henry Melancon wrote:

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

I need to fix the 10.5in adapters for my Revox A77 so I can try to rip some
tapes to one of my Apples, or find a service that will do that for me (very
carefully as the tapes haven't been used in years).

>> -----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
>> (202) 663-4465
>> fax (202) 663-4451
>> robin.hakan at eeoc.gov
>> 
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