Re: New on the list

["Ivens de Carvalho" <dko4342@vip.cybercity.dk>]

>Another question related to the A77. I recently put on some app. 20 ys.
>old masters to transfer the music to computer. I properly cleaned the
>heads, but horror, it sounds like the head make big noisy scratches on the
>magnetic surface. I am afraid that I may have lost a lot of precious
>information on the old tapes, and I am afraid to put more original master
>tapes onto it. Is this a problem with the heads, or is it the tape age?
>The tapes seemed to leave quite a lot of residue. If it is the tapes,
>what is the procedure of baking tapes?

Thanks for your replies. I'll try the baking procedure. I am surprised
that the temperature should be as low as 55 C, but I'll try and see if it
makes any difference.

Frank Carvalho