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| From | "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | uk.tech.broadcast |
| Subject | Re: Silly reel-to-reel error |
| Date | 2026-07-06 22:05 +0100 |
| Organization | 255 software |
| Message-ID | <112h59s$2aohm$7@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <112ect5$178g2$2@dont-email.me> <1rxtj70.yewl561b4kd8xN%liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid> |
On 2026/7/6 9:24:31, Liz Tuddenham wrote: > J. P. Gilliver <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote: [] >> The silly thing is, it shows the left - feed - spool as a fairly full, I >> would guess, 5" reel - and the right - take-up - spool as a small (3", >> or possibly smaller) one, which is already full and about to overflow. >> >> Surely, anyone who hasn't even seen a tape machine before would realise > > They very likely couldn't find the right size of spool for the takeup so > they just bunged on anything they had to hand or used what was already > on the machine. > They'd have to have been running it long enough to fill the smaller spool. And/or to have threaded the tape leader round a full-ish spool. But you're probably right. Depressing. > -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()ALIS-Ch++(p)Ar++T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf
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Silly reel-to-reel error "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-07-05 20:56 +0100
Re: Silly reel-to-reel error Charles Hope <clh@candehope.me.uk> - 2026-07-06 07:00 +0000
Re: Silly reel-to-reel error "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-07-06 22:02 +0100
Re: Silly reel-to-reel error Charles Hope <clh@candehope.me.uk> - 2026-07-07 07:00 +0000
Re: Silly reel-to-reel error "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-07-07 22:07 +0100
Re: Silly reel-to-reel error liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) - 2026-07-06 09:24 +0100
Re: Silly reel-to-reel error "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-07-06 22:05 +0100
Re: Silly reel-to-reel error John Williamson <johnwilliamson@btinternet.com> - 2026-07-06 22:19 +0100
Re: Silly reel-to-reel error "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-07-06 22:44 +0100
Re: Silly reel-to-reel error Chris J Dixon <chris@cdixon.me.uk> - 2026-07-07 10:10 +0100
Re: Silly reel-to-reel error NY <me@privacy.net> - 2026-07-07 12:21 +0100
Re: Silly reel-to-reel error "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-07-07 22:14 +0100
Re: Silly reel-to-reel error Dave W <davewi11@yahoo.co.uk> - 2026-07-08 12:53 +0100
Re: Silly reel-to-reel error MikeS <MikeS@fred.com> - 2026-07-08 16:08 +0100
Re: Silly reel-to-reel error NY <me@privacy.net> - 2026-07-08 19:13 +0100
Re: Silly reel-to-reel error MikeS <MikeS@fred.com> - 2026-07-08 21:00 +0100
Re: Silly reel-to-reel error "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-07-08 21:20 +0100
Re: Silly reel-to-reel error Laurence Taylor <laurence@nospam.plus.com> - 2026-07-09 19:36 +0100
Re: Silly reel-to-reel error NY <me@privacy.net> - 2026-07-09 21:44 +0100
Re: Silly reel-to-reel error Roderick Stewart <rjfs@escapetime.myzen.co.uk> - 2026-07-10 09:34 +0100
Re: Silly reel-to-reel error Charles Hope <clh@candehope.me.uk> - 2026-07-10 10:00 +0000
Re: Silly reel-to-reel error Charles Hope <clh@candehope.me.uk> - 2026-07-10 10:00 +0000
OT: driving (was: Re: Silly reel-to-reel error) "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-07-10 17:11 +0100
Re: OT: driving NY <me@privacy.net> - 2026-07-10 21:30 +0100
Re: OT: driving JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> - 2026-07-17 13:55 +0100
Re: Silly reel-to-reel error "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-07-08 20:39 +0100
Re: Silly reel-to-reel error MikeS <MikeS@fred.com> - 2026-07-08 21:04 +0100
Re: Silly reel-to-reel error Old John <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk> - 2026-07-09 06:46 +0000
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