[rescue] NeWS tapes in SF Bay area; rubber baby buggy bumpers

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On 2023-02-21 01:39, Lars Brinkhoff via rescue wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Some Sun 1/4" tapes with NeWS has turned up in the SF Bay area.
> However, the the tape drive available has bad rubber baby buggy 
> bumpers.
> Is there anyone around there who can provide new bumpers, or has a
> working 1/4" tape drive and is willing to read the tapes?
>
> Best regards,
> Lars Brinkhoff
>
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I'm not in the area, but I have a working 150M working tape drive.  I 
think it will read all but the earliest of 1/4" tape through 150M.

I have used a program under Linux to image tapes as I went through much 
of my 1/4" tape collection.

I'd say it is probably nearly a guarantee that the belts in those tapes 
will be stretched out at a minimum if not deteriorated or broken.

Still, as long as the tape was rewound, there is a decent chance at 
recovering images from the tape.  Might need to use a donor band in the 
tape cartriedge (I had to do that with almost all of my tapes).

-- Curt