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i worked for some years on video and film archive restoration.

baking old, badly stored magnetic tapes prior to reading them is a common pr=
actice.

my favourite was a story of a rock band (i think the stones) who wanted to p=
lay an old 24 track master tape but discovered it seemed to be stuck togethe=
r.

there is a nasty affliction of mag tapes called sticky vinegar syndrome, so t=
hey did the right thing and sent a section of tape for analysis.

the results came back: the tape had suffered impregnation with =E2=80=9Cvodk=
a and coke=E2=80=9D.

some things never change.

-Steve