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* [TUHS] reading 9 track tapes?
@ 2015-05-11 17:18 Noel Chiappa
  2015-05-11 17:35 ` John Foust
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From: Noel Chiappa @ 2015-05-11 17:18 UTC (permalink / raw)


    > 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



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* [TUHS] reading 9 track tapes?
@ 2015-05-11  8:20 Aharon Robbins
  2015-05-11 15:07 ` Armando Stettner
  2015-05-21 12:48 ` asbesto
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 9+ messages in thread
From: Aharon Robbins @ 2015-05-11  8:20 UTC (permalink / raw)


Hi.

Can anyone still read 9 track tapes? We just uncovered two that date
from my wife's time in grad school, circa 1989 - 1990.  They would
be tar tapes.

Thanks!

Arnold



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