Re: GEN: erasing videos

[Cletus Schirra <schirrac@LIS.PITT.EDU>]

I'm sure that you can find a bulk tape eraser at any A-V supply
warehouse  or an electronics store ie. Radio Shack etc. for less than $65.

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On Tue, 1 Oct 1996, mohs_st_jl@noeca.ohio.gov wrote:

> In an effort to comply with copyright guidelines, I have a number of
> videos to erase.  My principal tells me this can be done with a magnet.
> Does anyone have any knowledge of whether or not this is correct, and how
> it is actually done.
>
> Highsmith sells a videocassette bulk eraser for $65 -- is this a good
> deal or do you know of a better source?
>
> Thanks.
> Jan LaBonte, Librarian
> Monroeville High School Library
> Monroeville, OH
>