> On Feb 26, 2020, at 9:31 AM, Malcolm Herbert <[email protected]> wrote: > > Memorex, MRX IV, 6250 BPI with a hand-written label "ISODE v2.0" ... looks to > be about 2400ft, so that's a whopping 193MB if it has 9 tracks on it ...
There are embarrassing things I would admit to in public. Having an 9 track tape with ISODE on it is not one of them. However it would make a nice scratch tape assuming it is labeled correctly. Since I'm not sure ISODE would fit on one tape, I guessing there will be several files added to the end of whatever is on it. I thought X.500 and its kin were all gone but apparently the US Govt is still steamrolling ahead with its GOSIP/X.500 email plan which I thought I critically wounded back in 94 when I added "or SMTP" to the list of approved migration systems. The tape I have is a 3M Blackwatch 700, 6250 cpi. Does the tape drive have a 2nd spool or is it one of those fancy drives that had an internal 2nd spool? If not, do we need to find another reel? So what is the process to get the data off tapes? -tim > > On Wed, 26 Feb 2020, at 09:14, Andre van Eyssen - mobile wrote: >> Open reel, half inch tape. The only other common open reel format is >> DECtape, which is on small reels and is associated with the PDP series >> of machines. >> >> On 26 February 2020 7:31:21 am AEDT, Malcolm Herbert <[email protected]> >> wrote: Andre - what's the media for these? I have an open-reel tape >> kicking around somewhere here that I can bring in, but I have no idea >> what format it is ... of course, _locating_ said tape could be a >> challenge after the move ... >>> >>> On Tue, 25 Feb 2020, at 22:52, Andre van Eyssen wrote: >>>> >>>> Well, I've managed to procure a SCSI 9 track drive. Now, I recall somebody >>>> from the last MSOSUG gathering was asking about access to a drive, so >>>> here's confirmation that the drive has landed and passed self-test. >>>> >>>> I've got no scratch tapes to test with, so if anyone has any of those ... >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Andre van Eyssen. Phone: +61 417 211 788 >>>> mail: [email protected] http://andre.purplecow.org >>>> About & Contact: http://www.purplecow.org/andre.html msosug >>>> mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://mexico.purplecow.org/m/listinfo/msosug >>>> Delivered for: [email protected] >>>> >> >> -- >> Andre van Eyssen >> Mobile email - please excuse terse text. > > -- > Malcolm Herbert > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > msosug mailing list > [email protected] > http://mexico.purplecow.org/m/listinfo/msosug > Delivered for: [email protected] _______________________________________________ msosug mailing list [email protected] http://mexico.purplecow.org/m/listinfo/msosug Delivered for: [email protected]
