Hi David,
    Has anybody tried to play any of the tapes from your transferred
archives that were recorded on the X-80 and X-86? I most curious
about the ones that were encoded around the 1986-1988 time period.
The X-86's were fairly new at that time. How about some of the analog
tapes on Scotch 808? I was the Transfer Engineer at the Eastman back
then. I'm just wondering how they're holding up.

Mark Shakarjian


On Sep 12, 2005, at 11:46 AM, Coppen, David wrote:

> At the Eastman School of Music, we are exploring the transfer of
> material recorded on open reel X-86 tape in the 1990s. That the
> playback equipment is no longer manufactured has raised concern
> over the viability and continuing retrievability of these very
> recent archival holdings.
>
> I would be grateful to receive responses, via personal email, from
> any ARSC members who have worked with this format and who may know
> of the whereabouts of functional playback equipment.
>
> With all best wishes,
>
> David Peter Coppen
>
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