[Info-vax] Respooling a TK50 Tape

[glen herrmannsfeldt]

shadoooo <shadoooo at gmail.com> wrote:

> If your tape was sticky on the head, probably you are facing the
> infamous sticky-shed syndrome.
> It is caused by the humidity that has been adsorbed by the tape
> polymer in the years.
> The polymer tend to become like rubber, causing a lot of 
> friction over the heads.

(snip)

Many years ago there was a story in Popular Science about a
video recorder that used quarter inch tape running at about 
120 inches per second.  To reduce wear on the head, they put
a heater on the head, which apparently smooths the passage
of the tape over the head.  I wonder if that would work for
this case.  (Though there might not be a good place to
put the heater.)

-- glen