Hi Jim, I have a 9track drive hooked to my old Sun IPX which may be able to read your tape. I am in Valapraiso IN if you are up for a drive.
Best, --tom On 7/30/21 1:02 PM, James Liu via cctech wrote: > Hi, > > I have been lurking for a few years, but thought I'd finally speak up > as I just received a 9 track tape purportedly containing the source > code to Schoonschip (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schoonschip). This > is a 2400' reel recorded at 1600 bpi based on the labels, and a > cursory examination suggests that it is still in pretty good shape > (although I am not sure how it was stored over the years). Here is a > picture of the tape: > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JgY8QdVDchxubUz39jYn86gEczSvFhcZ/view?usp=sharing > > We no longer have any equipment that can read the tape, so I was > wondering if anyone may be willing to help or if anyone had > suggestions on where to go to get it read. Thanks! > > - jim >