On 2009-04-07, at 07:13, <ruud.baltissen@apg.nl>  
<ruud.baltissen@apg.nl> wrote:

>> I always used quality media so no chance of ...
>
> What I remember of my tape period, which was a) short and b) ages  
> ago, I
> had much more problems with the "high quality" chrome-di-oxide tapes
> then with the "inferior" normal iron based tapes.

That's true but this is a different story. The CrO2 tapes were of  
different type and required higher bias current to be properly  
recorded, hence no surprise that they gave you problems. Simply the  
regular C2N and clones didn't have the option of adapting the  
recording parameters to CrO2.  Still the type and quality were two  
different things. There were very good Type I (Fe2O3) and very poor  
Type II (CrO2)[*] tapes available.

* - Other magnetic materials and mixtures were also used so Fe2O3 and  
CrO2 became synonyms of "Type I" and "Type II" even if the magnetic  
layer was made of other chemical ingredients.

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SD!

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