In search of... DECtape drives

[Brad Parker]

Paul Koning wrote:
>
>On the other hand, he or one of his friends once put some pants in the
>laundry, only to discover afterwards that one of them had a DECtape in
>the pocket.  That tape still worked just fine afterwards.

huh.  I've taken to 'baking' old tapes these days but I never concidered
washing them with my pants.

on a more serious note:

Anyone on the boston or mass/nh/ct area have a working 9-track drive
which can read 800bpi tapes?

I can read 1600's fine but not 800's :-(

-brad