Looks like you have closer options. If they get too many read errors I have a setup which digitizes analog signals and processes them which may be able to recover tapes. I'm in MD.
On Fri, Oct 31, 2025 at 01:39:24PM -0400, Guy Fedorkow wrote: > We may have a half a dozen DECtapes, probably from the PDP-6 era, perhaps > with ITS with content... > Is there anyone, preferably in the MIT vicinity, who might have a working > DECtape drive and be willing to try to read the tapes? > > Thanks > /guy fedorkow > > > > > ------------------------------
