Hi,
As all of you 41'ers probably know, such scarcy item are really difficult to find (even impossible if you don't have an oversized budget)... the last 3 I saw on e-bay were offered at $25 each (no sale).
I've got 4 non working of'em and would like to know if anybody has found a suitable magnetic tape to rewind it.
I've found out that the shell is fairly easy to open without severe damage, though this is no allways needed to "refill" it with new tape, unless the original tape has been broken inside. Apart from that the rest of the task is simple: cut a 24m long magnetic tape, make two centered and small (<1mm) holes 20cm away from both ends, and join the ends to the leading celluloid tape with standard (prefferably thin) adhesive tape. That's the theory...
The question at this poit is: Which brand-model cassette type is suitable for managing the magnetic density grade required by the 82161A's read/write heads?
I'll start testing this weekend and will tell the results in here... Unless some of you has already found a good answer and share this info with me/us.
Again thanks, and have a very nice weekend!