This brings to question the "management" of ARSC persistence in using an inept service. Toleration of on-going governmental incompetence (pardon the redundancy) is an abrogation of citizenship.. Art Shifrin On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 2:47 AM, Dan Nelson <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Havent you realized that our list is distributed by loc.gov and any screw > up the govt has its hand in cant be fixed.... so live with it. > dnw > > --- On Sun, 3/14/10, Steven C. Barr <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > From: Steven C. Barr <[log in to unmask]> > > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] NOS magnetic heads are available!Ha> To: > [log in to unmask] > > Date: Sunday, March 14, 2010, 7:28 PM > > see end...! > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Art Shifrin" <[log in to unmask] > > > > > I am reposting this because it was rejected by the > > evidently absurd criteria > > > of redundancy that 'rules' this list. > > > It happens (at least to me) too often. This contains > > useful information for > > > ANYONE who might need NOS audio heads > > > of various formats. IF it is again rejected, > > then I will desist from trying > > > tio share information with this list: instead > > > providing information only to specific posters. > > > Nortronics is no longer manufacturing heads, but a > > meaningful supply of them > > > in NOS condition is available from JRF > > > magnetics. John French purchased that inventory > > about a year ago. By > > > fortuitous circumstance, prior to that > > > sale I'd purchased what I was told were all of the > > remaining 8 track repro > > > heads. My intended use for them is in my > > > "AG440W": not to play tape. > > > However, one could be rather easily installed in a > > spare 440 head ass'y for > > > the purpose of playing such tapes. > > > Whatever wear the heads would endure playing tapes > > (that of course had been > > > extracted from their housings) would > > > be virtually nothing was compared to what wire does to > > them: especially be > > > cause they are the harder than usual > > > "Duracore" type. > > > JRF is located in Greendell, New Jersey. Their > > phone #s 1-973-579-5773. > > > Their fax #'s 1-973--579-6021. They have a > > website. > > > > > Your ARSCLIST posts are NOT being rejected...!! This is a > > "bug" in the > > list...which sends out a totally phony "Your message was > > rejected" message > > as a reply to EVERY ARSCLIST post! > > > > I wot not if this isn't being fixed due to lack of > > ambition...or due to the > > ignorance of the list's "staff geeks"...?! In any case, the > > supposedly- > > rejected messages ALWAYS show up on the list...?! > > > > So when y'all gonna FIX this...?! > > > > Steven C. Barr > > > >