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JAI Magnetics?
« on: August 16, 2009, 08:16:33 PM »
I don't know if any of you guys saw the posting on the Ampex list from Scott Dorsey;

"- ATR Magnetics is shipping tape.  It's good stuff, but very high
  coercivity and not of much use on a 350.

- RMGI is shipping tape.  It includes 911, 900, and 468.  The 468 tape
  is higher bias than a HOLN tape but works nicely on a 350 or 440
  machine.

- Nobody is actually shipping any red oxide tapes or HOLN tapes today.
  JAI Magnetics in India claims to be shipping red oxide tapes still,
  but I have had no luck getting them to ship some to me."

Any of our internationally based member heard of this stuff? This is a first for me (not that I'm hooked on red oxide but you never know till you try.).
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Re: JAI Magnetics?
« Reply #1 on: August 16, 2009, 11:45:06 PM »
Saw the post, but I never thought anyone else in the world was slitting 1/4" tape and putting it on reels. I understood a few lines were still operating making cassette tape stock and shells etc.
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Re: JAI Magnetics?
« Reply #2 on: August 17, 2009, 10:03:08 AM »
Steve, what does HOLN mean?  Thanks, Larry
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Re: JAI Magnetics?
« Reply #3 on: August 17, 2009, 02:04:50 PM »
I think it's High Output/Low Noise but that's just a guess.
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Re: JAI Magnetics?
« Reply #4 on: August 17, 2009, 05:10:22 PM »
Thanks, Steve. I tried to google HOLN, but nothing that came up made any sense in this context.  Larry
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