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From: Unknown on 9 Mar 2010 12:08 Do a Google search for 'cassette tape life expectancy'. "Gordon" <gordonbparker(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:%23aOSuI6vKHA.1692(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > > "Unknown" <unknown(a)unknown.kom> wrote in message > news:Oyzzca5vKHA.1692(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> No idea where you get your specs. I have floppies over ten years old and >> still working great. > > Then you a) don't use them much and b) you have been EXTREMELY lucky. > > > >> Magnetic media? Disks can retain their data for many years. Tapes? I have >> 8 tracks and cassettes >> over 25 years old and still working. > > See above. > > Every time you use a cassette and 8 track a little bit of the surface is > worn away. So you obviously hardly use them at all. > >
From: Gordon on 9 Mar 2010 12:32 "Unknown" <unknown(a)unknown.kom> wrote in message news:evkl3l6vKHA.3564(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Quote specs not emotional gibberish. An 8 track or cassette has a definite > specification > as to life expectancy. Rubbish - of COURSE it doesn't. All magnetic media such as Audio cassettes, 8 track (which is just a special form of cassette), VHS cassettes, when they are plaid they CONTACT the playing head. When this happens a minute part of the surface of the tape is removed by friction on the playing head. The life expectancy of these magnetic TAPES is in direct proportion to how often they are played. Play a VHS tape three times a day every day and it won't last very long. Play a VHS tape once a year and it will ladst FAR longer.
From: Gordon on 9 Mar 2010 12:33 "Unknown" <unknown(a)unknown.kom> wrote in message news:uZc62j6vKHA.2436(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > There is usually a good reason why a floppy failed. Lots of them through sheer age.
From: Gordon on 9 Mar 2010 12:35 "Unknown" <unknown(a)unknown.kom> wrote in message news:eAfXas6vKHA.4636(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > Do a Google search for 'cassette tape life expectancy'. You really are thick aren't you? I'll explain again. EVERY time you play a TAPE of any sort, the surface of the tape has particles removed by the CONTACT with the playing head so that eventually the tape becomes so worn it cannot reproduce whatever is on it. Unlike media such as CD/DVD where there is NO contact AT ALL between the playing head and the media. Thus tapes wear out in direct proportion to HOW OFTEN THEY ARE USED.
From: Unknown on 9 Mar 2010 12:47
But you never quote a spec on times played. You simply present your emotions. How many times can a cassette be played? "Gordon" <gordonbparker(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:e790n76vKHA.4552(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > > "Unknown" <unknown(a)unknown.kom> wrote in message > news:eAfXas6vKHA.4636(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> Do a Google search for 'cassette tape life expectancy'. > > You really are thick aren't you? > > I'll explain again. EVERY time you play a TAPE of any sort, the surface of > the tape has particles removed by the CONTACT with the playing head so > that eventually the tape becomes so worn it cannot reproduce whatever is > on it. > Unlike media such as CD/DVD where there is NO contact AT ALL between the > playing head and the media. > Thus tapes wear out in direct proportion to HOW OFTEN THEY ARE USED. |