> Nice link, thanks. I feel foolish, I think I found that site the
> other day but scanned it too fast and didn't see the information.

No problem, I'm glad it was helpful.

> Actually I've found three brand new still wrapped 8-tracks at my
> thrift stores recently.

That's a good find, especially if they're something good or interesting.
I got a box of blanks at an estate sale a few months back, and a few of
them were still wrapped too.

> Never a quad as far as I know. Just so I know how do you identify a
> quad tape anyway.

The easiest way, there is a little notch in the corner, on the top left as
you're looking at the label. The way I first found my first quad 8-tracks
was by looking for tapes that have only have two programs, that's a good
clue too. Actually, I'm doing this the hard way, take a look at:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=618&item=4711280205&rd=1
It's an ebay auction I found at random by searching for "quad 8-track",
and shows the notch and program listing.

> I see 8-track tapes but many are so worn as to be useless. I should
> go on an 8 track hunt. But with 100 or so brand new blanks I should
> just make my own.

I have many and very few seem to be to the "useless" stage yet. It's very
important to learn how to check foil tape and foam pads, these go bad with
age (sealed or not), a perfectly good tape can be ruined by not
checking/fixing these. For example, I had a perfectly good Earth, Wind,
and Fire Q8 that had the foil break while playing, about 1/3 of the tape
unwound in the player before it got so full that it bound up, and crinkled
the tape good. Not to mention the hours spent re-winding the tape. I
think Wingib (??) sells new pads, someone else on the list may know.
Check out http://www.8trackheaven.com for more info too. Hope that helps!

Dan