[Coco] if your tapes are old and won't load, bake them

[Allen Huffman]

On Apr 28, 2020, at 5:01 PM, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz <dennis at maltedmedia.com> wrote:
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> This is usually NOT the case with cassettes, which typically stick because the manufacturing was low quality, the tape case distorted from poor storage, or the slip sheets were absent or damaged. To fix a sticky cassette, get a new one with screws and slip sheets. The only thing you keep from the old cassettet is the tape pack and hubs. Swap the tape pack and hubs into the new case; there are YouTube videos for this. Make sure the tape slips correctly between the felt pressure pad and the case, the hubs aren't pinching the slip sheet, etc., etc. Wind forward and back a few times to loosen the tape back, and it's like new.

Thanks for this! I have one VIC-20 tape, a C60 cheap tape, sadly, and it’s stuck. It’s the only thing I couldn’t archive.

No clue what shape my CoCo 1 tapes are. Never thought about archiving them until this topic came up.