unreadable HP cartridges

[Joe R.]

  That's an interesting idea and certainly worth a try but I sort of doubt
you'd be able to read the magnetic bit pattern through the plastic tape.
But if you coud it would probably save a lot of data.

   Joe


At 04:09 AM 6/22/05 -0400, you wrote:
>If you recall there was a discussion about tape catridges that could
>not be read because their coating was falling off.
>
>I was thinking, what if we reverse the tape, so that the magnetic
>head come in contact with the plastic backing and not the oxide.
>Would it be possible to read the data then?
>
>Obviously I am talking about a one-off operation, just to get the
>stuff off the tape.
>
>**vp
>