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"Edward Bridge" <edbridge@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> Peace,
> Ed Bridge
> Brooklyn N.Y.
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> "geoley" <geoley@covad.net> wrote in message
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>> "Mike Rivers" <mrivers@d-and-d.com> wrote in message
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>> > In article <10ut4o0te7ch7b6@corp.supernews.com> me@you.com writes:
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>> >> I found a box of these tapes for sale at th local pawn shop:
>> >> Maxell HS4/120S Helical Scan 4mm Data Cartridge
>> >>
>> >> The owner insists that they can be used in audio DAT machines (I use a
>> >> Fostex
>> >> D5) but they say data cartridge on them.
>> >
>> > I'd be suspicious that the "120" in the type number is 120 meters. A
>> > standard DAT - digital AUDIO tape - is 60 meters and to make a longer
>> > tape, they make it thinner. The thin tape doesn't work very well (or
>> > at all) in many DAT decks.
>> >
>> > But for five bucks for the box you can give it a try and if they don't
>> > work in your machine, you can put them up for sale on eBay, advertise
>> > them as "long play DAT tape" and probalby get $5 a piece for them. If
>> > you didn't know about the thinner tape, chances are there are plenty
>> > of others who don't, too.
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>> Tascam particularly warns against the use of 120 meter tape in the DA-P1
>> portable recorder.
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> How about 90min? I have both Tascam DAP1 and Da-20 and sometimes it would
> be
> nice not be sweating it knowing I getting close to the end 64min tape
> and
> when we're doing hr concerts or donigs songs in middle and end of
> services
> with a long winded person preaching .
> Thanks
> Ed Bridge
> Brooklyn N.Y.
> http

/www.bridgeclassicalguitars.com/
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Ed:
120 meter tape is approx 160 mins and very thin and is likely to jam in
the transport mechanism, that is why Tascam warns against using it in the
DA-P1. 60 meter tape approx 125 min, is ok to use in the DA-P1 according to
Tascam.
George