From: jfoust@threedee.com (John Foust)
Subject: [TUHS] reading 9 track tapes?
Date: Mon, 11 May 2015 12:35:41 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150511184850.0904214DCB@www.oztivo.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150511171856.A757518C0FC@mercury.lcs.mit.edu>
At 12:18 PM 5/11/2015, Noel Chiappa wrote:
> > 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.
Oh, that tape may be just fine if it was kept in office conditions.
Chuck Guzis is at http://sydex.com/ . He'd do a fine job.
There may be others at the Classic Computer Collector mailing
list who could assist.
- John
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-05-11 17:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-05-11 17:18 Noel Chiappa
2015-05-11 17:35 ` John Foust [this message]
2015-05-12 5:46 ` Noufal Ibrahim KV
2015-05-12 14:02 ` John Foust
2015-05-21 12:50 ` asbesto
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2015-05-11 8:20 Aharon Robbins
2015-05-11 15:07 ` Armando Stettner
2015-05-21 12:48 ` asbesto
2015-05-22 13:25 ` Dave Horsfall
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