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Re: Silly reel-to-reel error

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>

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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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