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Old 6th Jan 2019, 12:24 pm   #5
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Default Re: Quadruplex 2 inch tape

It looks like video tape to me, I note the reel is not quite full? Do you know it's provenance?

I live close to Farnham and I do have an Ampex Quad machine in the collection, that's the good news. The bad news is mine has not worked for some 15 years and would need several days of expert attention to get it into a play state, oh and a supply of compressed air.

There are firms (google) who do transfers at a price, Owners of Quads guard their head hours fiercely as the head replacements are near impossible to source.

Good Luck.

Brian
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