Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.6.2.13 $; site uiucdcs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!vax135!houxz!houxm!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!acheng From: acheng@uiucdcs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.general Subject: Mag Tapes question - (nf) Message-ID: <9700086@uiucdcs.UUCP> Date: Wed, 20-Jun-84 22:05:00 EDT Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.9700086 Posted: Wed Jun 20 22:05:00 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 22-Jun-84 07:21:41 EDT Lines: 12 Nf-ID: #N:uiucdcs:9700086:000:401 Nf-From: uiucdcs!acheng Jun 20 21:05:00 1984 #N:uiucdcs:9700086:000:401 uiucdcs!acheng Jun 20 21:05:00 1984 I just got some Scotch 700 tapes (small rims) and the tapes look like inside out--the outside surface is dull while the inside is shiny. Most tapes i have seen before are the opposite. Do the Scotch people make them that way for some good reasons? Like having the shiny side to rub against the tape head instead of the dull side where the magnetic materials are? albert cheng ihnp4!uiucdcs!acheng