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Originally Posted by Username1
I got a box of older tapes off ebay with the white mold, no smell just powder looking stuff. I put the tape into the machine rewind it once at fast speed and the stuff is gone, no effect on the tape, and the mold was only on the tape edge. Here PBS channel 13 from NYC has a program on Sat evenings called Reel13 its on the internet too, they run classic movies a short, and then an indie. Makes for a great evening and I tape them all.
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Aren't you worried the machine will now be contaminated, and will transfer
the mold to other tapes you might be playing? Just an idea.
I tape shows off my analog cable feed for later viewing, several hours
a week, using a JVC model HR-A591U.