Posted by Rick Merrill on 02/02/07 20:00

Richard Crowley wrote:
> "Rick Merrill" wrote ...
>> Whatever happened to the "Mission Impossible" self destructing tapes?-)
>
> Dunno, but I've got plenty of self-destructing DVDRs.

Tayo yuden ? (sp?)


> OTOH, I've got a 7-inch reel of audio "tape" where the
> substrate is paper (rather than any kind of plastic.)
> ~50 years old and better than some of the more
> conventional acetate, etc. 1/4-inch reel-to-reel tape
> I've got. The paper tape might burn better than any
> of the plastic variety, but I'm not going to try it.

In our pre-historic days the media was not yet cost-reduced!-)

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