Chuck we have tape.... we also have one of the 30 something track heads at
smecc..... I guess won would have to build the motorized wingaxas... to
pull the tape. ... the electronics can be recreated... We figure the head is
the hard part..... ha! and a empty take up reel! Anyone habe one?Ed
www.smecc.org
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-------- Original message --------
From: Chuck Guzis <[email protected]>
Date: 8/11/16 21:21 (GMT-07:00)
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Tape imaging
On 08/11/2016 07:36 PM, Al Kossow wrote:
> One of the highest projects I have in the queue is getting one of
> John's M4 9914V drives with 18 track MR heads running in my new lab
> at CHM.
I've always wondered how far someone would go to retrieve data from
media that's really off the beaten path. Suppose someone found a box of
tapes from an old Honeywell Datamatic mainframe. Huge reels, 3 inches
wide with heaven knows how many channels...
--Chuck
