Hello!
I have several NOS, still wrapped in plastic, HP98200A tapes... I wonder if they are still useful or I have just thrown my money :-(
My only experience with my recently received HP-85 has been, first, fixing the capstan (I used the shrink tube system), then finding that I could CAT some old tapes... then finding than I could not write on them (they gave errors on reading) and, finally, one tape destroyed my capstan repair (tape got stuck and capstan rubber was burned)
I will fix the capstan again but wonder if the 'new' tapes will be good or not. Should I do anything before trying them?
Regards,
JOSE
http://jvgavila.com