Hi Ricahrd:

These things (seen better here):
http://www.brycoproducts.com/cases1.html
are less than ideal but might work in a pinch. It looks like once could stack two or three 40-DAT 
cases on a shelf.

Note the ridicu-prices for the little drawer cabinets, that was what I was afraid of.

Another possibility is to take four of these 8-DAT plastic "racks"
http://www.brycoproducts.com/storage1.html
and glue or screw them onto a piece of wood that then turns on a base piece of wood, sort of like a 
"DAT spice rack" setup.

-- Tom Fine

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard L. Hess" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2010 11:28 AM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] DAT storage suggestions


> Hi, Tom,
>
> Somewhere I found boxes that hold 12 Philips Cassettes--they are molded and each tape has a slot. 
> I put them on their short edge and pull them out to see what is in each. They are black ABS-like 
> plastic. I got them at an out-of-business store years ago, but find they are still useful for 
> storing cassettes. I wonder if anything like that is available for DATs. I did a quick check of 
> Markertek and found these items:
> http://audio-video-supply.markertek.com/search?w=DAT+nylon+case&view=grid
> Not exactly what you want, but will keep the dust out just like Brenda's boxes.
>
> I actually have one drawer of a customizable media cabinet set up for DATs--it's a 9-drawer file 
> cabinet and I have mostly CD insets in it. Same size as a 5-drawer lateral file...maybe a little 
> deeper. No longer made.
>
> I also like Ted's stationary store idea.
>
> You might find someone selling at fire-sale prices a DAT album like a cassette album, so you could 
> put six or twelve on the shelf like a book. These, however, have seemed to not age well and may 
> outgas bad stuff (vinyl?).
>
> Cheers,
>
> Richard
>
> On 2010-12-30 6:47 AM, Tom Fine wrote:
>> I'm looking for recommendations for storing DATs in a regular shelving unit. Does anyone make 
>> foot-deep drawers or boxes for these things? Or trays that can be stacked? What I'd like to do is 
>> fit these DATs in about the cubic space of an archive box but not have them loosely piled in an 
>> archive box (which makes retrieval a real pain, especially for a tape that's on the bottom 
>> layer).
>>
>
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