simard@loral.UUCP (06/23/84)
Modern tapes by Scotch and Ampex, and perhaps others, have a back-coating
which assists in tape-to-head contact and reduces print-through. This
coating is duller in appearance than the oxide side of the tape. Therefore
you would, in this case, use the shiny side against the heads, as it
was delivered.
I attempted to reply by mail twice, but the reply was returned for
some reason.
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Ray Simard
Loral Instrumentation, San Diego
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