David Boyes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Does anyone still know of a source that sells 3420 cleaning fluid and
supplies? In the process of working through these old tapes from
Princeton, I'm burning through the small supply I have of the stuff
rapidly (2 pints so far), and still have a few
was able to locate a source for quart jugs of reel-to-reel cleaning
fluid, which contains the flouroethyline additive (in addition to the
alcohol). Apparently, radio and TV stations still buy the stuff in
quantity w/o permits, and still use it for the pro-grade equipment.
Are you warming the heads
David Boyes wrote:
If these are the ones that are five or six inches long with a swab on
one
end, Radio Shack used to carry them.
No longer (at least not in DC). They claim they discontinued them when
they stopped selling reel-to-reel tape.
YMMV.
-- db
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Subject: Re: More Ancient History: source for 3420 cleaning fluid?
=20
I'll bet that you could find a retired CE to verify that. You could
probably get an answer from IBM as well. Want me to send a note to
our
CE?
Jim
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At 02:10 PM 7/19/2006, you wrote:
As far as I can recall, DB
The really good cleaning fluid, was issued by STK and a few other third
party hardware vendors, was Freon based. But you cannot get it anymore,
it has been banned because it damages the ozone layer. So your stuck
with denatured alcohol now.
Leif
David Boyes wrote:
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 13:48
I'll bet that you could find a retired CE to verify that. You could
probably get an answer from IBM as well. Want me to send a note to our CE?
Jim
At 02:10 PM 7/19/2006, you wrote:
As far as I can recall, DB, the cleaning fluid in the nice IBM pint
cans, was nothing more than denatured
Does anyone still know of a source that sells 3420 cleaning fluid
and supplies? In the process of working through these old tapes from Princeton, Im burning through the small supply I
have of the stuff rapidly (2 pints so far), and still have a few thousand tapes
to go.
The amount
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More Ancient History: source for 3420
cleaning fluid?
Does anyone still know of a source that sells
3420 cleaning fluid and supplies? In the process of working through these
old tapes from Princeton, Im burning through the small supply I have
of the stuff
As far as I can recall, DB, the cleaning fluid in the nice IBM pint
cans, was nothing more than denatured alcohol. IBM packaged it for
those
shops that had an all-blue mandate from management as far as IT
equipment went:-)
OK. Isopropyl alcohol is easy to come by.
Thanks, too
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I'll bet that you could find a retired CE to verify that. You could
probably
I have some old stuff from STK..
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source for 3420 cleaning fluid?
Try tape head
I plan to publish at least the tape maps of the few
readable volumes in
the whole mess (about 1 tape in 15 are actually
readable so far). I
doubt I'll be able to provide the content unless the
IBM archivist tells
me in writing that they really don't care about 30+
year old PUT tapes
any
On Jul 19, 2006, at 2:11 PM, David Boyes wrote:
Are there any PUT tape with service for non-copyright
software in there. COul they be released.
I only as the VM/370R6 we have is at (I think) L620
but the latest tape we have is 616
There are service tapes for early releases of VM/370 in
On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 13:10:56 -0500, Dave Jones wrote:
The stiff cotton swabs that you use to clean the head could be replaced,
I think, by some soft cotton fabric on a medical tongue depressor.
If these are the ones that are five or six inches long with a swab on one end,
Radio Shack used to
If these are the ones that are five or six inches long with a swab on
one
end, Radio Shack used to carry them.
No longer (at least not in DC). They claim they discontinued them when
they stopped selling reel-to-reel tape.
YMMV.
-- db
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