From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: jnc@mercury.lcs.mit.edu (Noel Chiappa) Date: Mon, 11 May 2015 13:18:56 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [TUHS] reading 9 track tapes? Message-ID: <20150511171856.A757518C0FC@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> > From: Aharon Robbins > Can anyone still read 9 track tapes? We just un-covered two that date > from my wife's time in grad school, circa 1989 - 1990. They would be > tar tapes. That old, the issue is not going to be the format (TAR is still grokkable), but the physical condition of the tapes; that old, they might have issues with shedding of oxide, etc (which a heat soak can mostly cure). If you really want them read, I would recommend a specialist in reading old tapes; it will cost, but if you really want the data... I have used Chuck Guzis, in Washington (state) in the US. Noel