Eric, If you go for CD's/DVD's you better prepare yourself for long time conservation. I read a (German?) article last week or so about an investigation on the lifetime of CDs and DVDs. It seems to be even worse than rumours had it already, some lasted only a few years. You should ask guarantees from the company that produces your CDS/DVDs and plan for regular copyoperations for safety.
Kees. "Eric N. Bielefeld" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > Don, > > I know that I have searched previously for companies to do this, but I > didn't find anywhere near as many hits as I got when I entered your search > arguments. Thanks - those are a lot better than the search arguments I used > previously. > > I was hoping for someone who had already done this, and had companies that > they would recommend. I'll definetly check this out some of these companies > on Monday when I get back to work. > > Eric Bielefeld > P&H Mining Equipment > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Imbriale, Don" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 4:49 PM > Subject: Re: Convert 3490E Tapes to CD or DVD > > > >A search via Google for "convert 3490e tape to cd" yields thousands of > > hits. On the first page of 20 hits, there are at least a half a dozen > > companies that provide the service you are looking for. Even to the point > > of converting binary and packed decimal fields as needed. Note however > > that these do not seem to be inexpensive services. > > > > Don Imbriale > > > > On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 14:16:16 -0600, Eric Bielefeld <Eric- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>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 ********************************************************************** For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. ********************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
