[GreenKeys] Paper tape storage

[Chris Elmquist]

On Tuesday (02/03/2009 at 12:15PM -0600), amourdutigre wrote:
> Here is another question. I was wondering how to best store punched paper tapes. Jack mentioned 35mm film cans, but some of the tapes probably would not fit in those. What would the big TTY users do with their paper tapes that they wanted to preserve?
> 
> I thought that I might ask my better half to look for round metal tins the next time that she goes to a craft store. Sometimes they have those, but not always.
> 
> Any thoughts on this?

DO NOT store them with a rubber band around them!!   I haven't yet begun
to restore hundreds of 8-bit tapes from an ASR-33 that were stored for 30
yrs with a rubber band keeping them rolled up.  The rubber was dissolved
by the oil on the tapes and has glued, stained and otherwise made a huge
mess of these tapes.

I think I'd try to keep them rolled up these days with a bread tie
threaded through the center of the roll and crimped laterally across it
to hold down the loose end.

As far as boxes, these folks have some options,

http://www.westnc.com/contain.html

including relatively inexpensive cardboard ones.  The downside is the
minimum order quantity I suppose.

Chris N0JCF