[GreenKeys] paper tapes and rubber bands = bummer

[david freeman]

I'm no expert on this, but I would think that the tape is oiled to protect the punches. Once the tape is cut, it wouldn't seem like the oiling would be necessary. If it were me, I wouldn't worry about using solvent to clean the tapes.

Dave, WW8S
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris Elmquist" <chrise at pobox.com>
> To: "Paul A. Pennington" <paulpenn at knology.net>
> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] paper tapes and rubber bands = bummer
> Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:11:08 -0500
> 
> 
> On Monday (07/28/2008 at 09:35AM -0400), Paul A. Pennington wrote:
> >    Chris;
> >
> >    What is your objective with this project:  reading the data or 
> > preserving the tapes?
> 
> Both really...  with preserving the tapes a higher priority.
> 
> >    For the data, I would first check around and see if it's 
> > already available.  Contact me off-list and I can put you in 
> > touch with a number of 6800 sources.  As you probably know, it is 
> > possible to read punched tapes by examining them visually and 
> > retyping the data.  The data is arranged in "S1" records that 
> > have a checksum at the end of each line, which will help in 
> > catching mistakes.
> 
> Yes. Thank you.  I have an extensive collection of 6800 stuff and am quite
> familiar with the loader format, etc.  In this case, many of the tapes have
> BASIC programs or other data on them which of course don't have S-records
> or any checksum.
> 
> The editor/assembler package I mentioned is of course a binary in Motorola
> S-record format.  Those tapes are not in bad shape other than to have this
> gooy rubber band remnants all over them.  I obviously do not want to feed
> that stuff through my tty33 tape reader :-)
> 
> >    For the old tapes themselves, I would recommend a product 
> > derived from orange peels called De-Solv-it.  It's readily 
> > available at Walmart and many other sources.  See 
> > www.orange-sol.com for the fascinating background of this company.
> 
> OK. Thanks for the tip.  I'll check it out.
> 
> Chris
> 
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