As others have mentioned, packed and binary fields could be fun. Also consider if you plan to replicate any encrypted data or data in a proprietary vendor format that may not be readable without the vendor package.
-----Original Message----- Eric Bielefeld Does anyone know of any companies that can convert mainframe tapes to DVDs or CDs? As many of you know, our mainframe is going out the door at the end of April. All of the historical data and otherwise tape data will then in essence be unreadable by us. All of our tapes are currently 3490-E model tapes. We are looking for a company who can read the data on a 3490E drive and convert it to ASCII and write it on a DVD or CD, or just FTP it to us. This would be on an as needed basis, and may or may not be a lot of data. You can reply to me or the group, or call me. Thanks, Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer P&H Mining Equipment 414-671-7849 Milwaukee, Wisconsin ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
