zeus@aero.ARPA (Dave Suess) (11/10/85)
I have a trusty tape I have used daily for years; after getting work done on my VCR, the fast-forward (now stronger) managed to jerk the end of the tape off the left hub of the videocassette. Has anyone had any experience with how to reattach the tape to the hub? I fear wrinkles with adhesives. Getting into the cassette (and back out) is no problem; I'd like to salvage the tape as a worker again (but I'd settle for a one-shot, with some sort of glue, if needs be, to see what was on it). (The tape, by the way, is a Maxell Epitaxial HG T-120, that I bought in January of 1981. The first half-hour or so developed problems (like a warp in a record: permanent interference, on the tape) and I was ready to scrap it; instead I put it to use to tape "daily" stuff, Letterman, shows when I was out, possible views, shows to see with fastforward on commercials, etc. I used this tape daily, averaging at least an hour or two per day, until the end of September in '85, and it refused to show any signs of wear except a brief ripple at about the 3-hour mark from multiple start-stops. Great tape, at least then.) -- Dave Suess zeus@AEROSPACE.ARPA zeus@aero.UUCP
barryg@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Lee Gold) (11/12/85)
Awhile back I was dubbing borrowed tapes (the first flashback from DARK SHADOWS) and one of them broke. I took it to the same shop that cleans our VCR once a year. They repaired it professionally for five bucks. Given the risk that an adhesive might gum up your heads.... Why not telephone around your local VCR repair places, and see if you can find someone similarly accomodating. --Lee Gold