There's a machine for repairing small damaged sections here.
http://www.cryptomuseum.com/telex/repair/
on 22/01/2016 20:19, Dave G4UGM at [log in to unmask] wrote:
> I received this on another list. Is this in scope for this list. Any
> thoughts folks please?
>
> I'm tossing this out here as a conversation-starter more than a request for
> help, although I may end up putting the knowledge to use.
> Today I received a set of original HP paper tapes for the 2115a machine. I
> don't know if they've been archived or not - there are dozens of HP tapes on
> bitsavers and I'll have to make a P/N list and compare them. The real
> problem is they're in horrible shape. Decades of basement moisture and
> likely a few critters have turned them blackened, moldy and stuck together.
>
> So, what to do? How to get to the data without a bio-hazardous payload
> along for the ride? My thoughts go toward sunlight and/or U/V light (like a
> hair salon sanitizer,) rubber gloves and a mask, isopropyl alcohol, careful
> picking apart of layers, etc. I'd think one thing in our favor is that
> holes in paper are going to be easier to read than ink on paper. So Part 1
> is getting them into readable condition, with part 2 being the actual
> reading.
>
> Any experience out there?
>
> -j
>
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