[QuadList] Fuji vs 3M tape

[Tony Quinn]

In message <002701ccaad0$7fa21570$7ee64050$@com>, Trevor 
<videovault at sky.com> writes
>The problem being when you make the recordings you don't know how they will
>stand the test of time
>
>Hence the Bloody Chroma 90 followed shortly by 3m's 420
>We just chose them because they were better on signal to noise which matters
>in an Analogue world
>
>When the problem kicked in with Chroma 90 Memorex kept saying its fixed on
>this batch (they lied)
>At least 3mm's gave it a new number so you could revert to 400 (and they
>were honest)
>
>Fuji was around (just) and  with hind sight if we knew then what we know now
>it would have been a good option

In about 1988, I can remember the later Fuji stock being unsuitable for 
the ACR-25's - it just wasn't tough enough for the loading cycle.

A quick check of my garden mains extension drum comes up with the type 
H-701E. I'm not sure, at this distance, if that was the good variety, 
although the fact that I walked out with an empty 30 minute spool 
suggests that it might have been.

In the end, I seems to recall that we were scavenging through the 
library for old Ampex and 3M 90 minute tapes that only had 60 minutes or 
less of recording on them. That will have been just before the Sony LMS 
was installed and all 4 ACR-25's (2 original and 2 -B machines) were 
sold on. I still have four cassettes, one deliberately left in the 
office to frighten the children!
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