Posted by phorbin on 10/18/06 11:55

In article <4pkdhtFj31jdU1@individual.net>, rcrowley@xp7rt.net says...
> "phorbin" wrote ...
> > sgordon@changethisparttohardbat.com says...
> >
> >> I've starting doing some of this, but I'll be danged if I'd do it
> >> "on the cheap". Reviving one of these tapes starts with baking it,
> >> which takes 3-4 hours, then running it a few times to get the tracking
> >
> > Forgive me, but this is interesting.
> >
> > Is there a handbook on this, or has the handbook yet to be written...
>
> If you mean baking tapes, it is not formally documented that
> I have ever heard of. OTOH, one of the regulars over on
> news:rec.audio.pro has quite a bit of experience and often
> advises others on that newsgroup: Scott Dorsey.
>
> Note that baking is NOT the automatic solution for recovering
> ALL old tapes. It is only a partial workaround for SOME
> symptoms. You run the risk of further damage by baking
> a tape that doesn't need it (or won't tollerate it).
>
>
>
Thanks for the follow-up.

I do mean baking. Apart from a generalist experimenter's interest in all
things video, it is an interesting detail and fits into the speculative
fiction novel I'm writing.

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