Date:Thu, 6 Oct 2005 08:01:14 -0500
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From:Karl Miller <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:Re: water damaged cds
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On Wed, 5 Oct 2005, [log in to unmask] wrote:
> As for contamination: salt, sewage and chlorine are known to accelerate
> decay in magnetic tape.
Which is what happened to the Houston Symphony DATs when their offices
flooded some years ago. I checked about a third of them...all lost.
Karl