Paper based reel to reel tape dates

Zero Cool · 11th May 2007, 04:51 PM

I found 4 reels of what i think is paper based reel to reel tape made by 3m scotch brand. these have a whitish back with black face. they are the oldest tapes i have ever seen.

I i think it was Agfa that first started making paper tape. then, JT mullins brought over the first two reel to reel decks smuggled out of germany, i thought it was magnetophone or ampex that made the first US decks. but who made the first tape? was it 3M???

Any collectors of this stuff out there?

Zc

KBK · 13th May 2007, 12:54 AM

"Pfleumer's invention used an iron oxide powder coating on a long strip of paper. This invention was further developed by the German electronics company AEG, which manufactured the recording machines and BASF, which manufactured the tape."

11th May 2007, 04:51 PM	#1
Zero Cool Audio Junkie diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: MN	Paper based reel to reel tape dates I found 4 reels of what i think is paper based reel to reel tape made by 3m scotch brand. these have a whitish back with black face. they are the oldest tapes i have ever seen. I i think it was Agfa that first started making paper tape. then, JT mullins brought over the first two reel to reel decks smuggled out of germany, i thought it was magnetophone or ampex that made the first US decks. but who made the first tape? was it 3M??? Any collectors of this stuff out there? Zc

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13th May 2007, 12:54 AM	#2
KBK diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: The Wilds Of Canada	"Pfleumer's invention used an iron oxide powder coating on a long strip of paper. This invention was further developed by the German electronics company AEG, which manufactured the recording machines and BASF, which manufactured the tape."