[QuadList] quad videotape stock question

[Tony Quinn]

In message <AC562141FE224256A58FFCC95451C524 at dcidell2v2>, Don Norwood 
<dwnorwood at embarqmail.com> writes
>
>Hi David:
>
>Almost all quad tape is 1.5 mil except for a very small amout of 1.0 
>mil that was available at one time.  So the thickness is the same as 
>456 Audio tape which is also 1.5 mil.  It's very easy to confirm the 
>thickness with a micrometer and it matches the specifications published 
>by the manufacturers. Just to be double sure, I've looked at the old 
>catalog sheets and the length of tape for quad or audio tape (1.5 mil) 
>is the same for a given reel size.
>

I seem to remember in 1985 or thereabouts, that the available Fuji quad 
stock was not up to the job of being loaded into ACR-25 cassettes. I 
also seem to remember that the library was searched for Ampex/Scotch 90 
minute tapes that only had an hour of maaterial on them, in order that 8 
or 9 cassettes could be filled with the unused tail end of the reel.
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