On 16 Nov 2008 18:05:16 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >Sounds like the govt..store data that cant be retrieved...and no backup... >Saw the same thing at a State Agency....
While at a Year 2000 session, I raised the question of having the programs able to read archived data. One participant claimed that the legal requirement was only to have the data and that there was no requirement to be able to read it. How many of your organizations keep old record layouts / data base descriptions to match archived tapes? Can the 7 or 10 year old tape be read logically with all fields identified? Clark Morris > >Scott Ford >Senior Systems Engineer > > >[p] 678.266.3399 x304 [m] 609-346-0399 identityforge.com > > > >This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain >privileged, proprietary, or otherwise private information. If you have >received it in error, please notify the sender immediately or let us know at > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED], and then delete the >original. Any other use of the email by you is prohibited. > >-----Original Message----- >From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf >Of Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) >Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2008 6:19 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: Ancient IBM Drive Rescues Apollo Moon Data > >In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 11/16/2008 > at 10:44 AM, Ed Gould <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > >>Thankfully the tapes stored at Sydney University were still available; >>however, what was not readily available was a IBM 729 Mark V tape drive >>needed to read the data. > >WTF? Why couldn't they use a more modern drive with the 7-track feature? > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
