Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site umcp-cs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!mhuxn!mhuxr!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!petrus!bellcore!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!umcp-cs!prophet From: prophet@umcp-cs.UUCP (Dennis Gibbs) Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: Counterfeit Blank Cassette Tape??? Message-ID: <1361@umcp-cs.UUCP> Date: Fri, 23-Aug-85 15:14:39 EDT Article-I.D.: umcp-cs.1361 Posted: Fri Aug 23 15:14:39 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 26-Aug-85 00:45:30 EDT Distribution: net Organization: U of Maryland, Computer Science Dept., College Park, MD Lines: 34 Today I purchased several Maxell XL-II-S 90 minute cassettes. I have noticed a difference in the labeling used on these Maxells than on ones I already own. The older Maxell XL-II-S had the following printed on the cassette shell: POSITION-HIGH Whereas the new ones say: POSITION-HIGH(CrO2) Also, I have noticed other differences; the wrapper on the new ones say: POSITION ------------- IEC TYPE II HIGH[CrO2] The older Maxells I own merely said POSITION HIGH on the wrapper. I also have noticed that the new ones have a Universal Product Code (UPC) on the back of the wrapper instead of the graph of the frequency response on the older ones. My question is: could these new ones be counterfeits? The price I paid was a little on the low side, only $2.79 each at Saxitone Tapes, a local blank tape/accessories dealer. Or could this be a change in labeling by Maxell? Both the new ones and the old ones I have show the address of Maxell Corporation of America in Moonachie, New Jersey on them.... -- Call-Me: Dennis Gibbs, Univ. of Md. Comp. Sci. Center. UUCP: {seismo,allegra,brl-bmd}!umcp-cs!prophet CSNet: prophet@umcp-cs BITNET: GIBBS@UMDB ARPA: prophet@Maryland