Tony H.,
This is an ICCF backup from '82 that I have keep inside all these years.
It is from my first job and that company is long gone. There is one
specific program that I wrote then that I want to revive. While I would
rewrite it in assembler (it's FCOBOL), the logic was complicated and I
don't want to reinvent it if possible.
I hoping to reload the few libraries with programs I want into one of my
current z/VSE systems and then .
I know it's 9-track. It's just program source, no personal information.
Standard single labeled file:
VOL1/HDR1,tape mark, data (blocked 81 byte records), tape mark, EOF/EOV.
What state are you in? I am not sure I want to mail it and it get damaged.
Tony Thigpen
407-474-0770
Tony Harminc wrote on 2/9/23 21:42:
On Thu, 9 Feb 2023 at 20:33, Tony Thigpen <t...@vse2pdf.com> wrote:
I need a single 3420 tape converted. Anyone know of someone that can do it?
Buncha questions... Where is the tape, how much of a rush are you in,
what's the recording density/tracks, how old is the tape itself, how
old is the recording, how bad is it if it gets damaged or lost, how
confidential is the data? And what kind of output do you expect?
There are still a few services doing this, but fewer than there were a
decade or so ago. Mike Baldwin who is on IBM-MAIN might be able to do
it for you or point you to a good place near wherever you are.
I can do it for no charge, but it may take quite a while since it's
just me being a hobbyist and digging out my ancient 9348 drive and
plugging it into a Linux box and converting to an AWS file. I have
converted quite a few tapes from the early 1970s without problem, but
I can offer no guarantee. I would say I'd be near the bottom of your
list.
Tony H.
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