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I have customer 3490 tapes from the 90's in my storage vault. (I also have good
3490 drives.)
We told the customer that we do not know
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I have customer 3490 tapes from the 90's in my storage vault. (I also have good
3490 drives.)
We told the customer that we do not know if the tapes were even
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Subject: Re: [External] Re: access to 9-track reel tape drive
On Sun, 6 Jun 2021 05:54:17 +, Seymour J Metz wrote:
Presumably he's saying that nobody in his right mind would simply
copy the data on the tape to a byte stream, and that the most obvious
way to archive th
W dniu 06.06.2021 o 16:20, Joe Monk pisze:
"There is another requirement here: to read REAL tape using PC tools.
How to read?
a) dataset by dataset
b) whole tape => AWS tape image"
Radoslaw,
Hercules has a really cool utility called TAPECOPY! It reads a real tape
and copies it to an AWSTAPE
PM
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On Sun, 6 Jun 2021 05:54:17 +, Seymour J Metz wrote:
Presumably he's saying that nobody in his right mind would simply copy the data
on the tape to a byte stream, and that the most obvious way to archiv
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On Sun, 6 Jun
On Sun, 6 Jun 2021 05:54:17 +, Seymour J Metz wrote:
>Presumably he's saying that nobody in his right mind would simply copy the
>data on the tape to a byte stream, and that the most obvious way to archive
>the tape is to convert it to AWSTAPE format. Once it's in AWSTAPE format, then
"There is another requirement here: to read REAL tape using PC tools.
How to read?
a) dataset by dataset
b) whole tape => AWS tape image"
Radoslaw,
Hercules has a really cool utility called TAPECOPY! It reads a real tape
and copies it to an AWSTAPE format disk file. Of course, being written by
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Variable and U format will always be issues. Converting them on the PC
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W dniu 04.06.2021 o 19:48, Paul Gilmartin pisze:
> On Fri, 4 Jun 2021 17:30:38 +, Farley, Peter x23353 wrote:
>
>> Assuming the PC-attached SCSI tape drive comes with software to copy data
>
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On Fri, 4 Jun 2021 18:03:04 +, Farley, Peter x23353 wrote:
>Variable an
On Fri, 4 Jun 2021 18:03:04 +, Farley, Peter x23353 wrote:
>Variable and U format will always be issues.
>
No. Why?
> ... Converting them on the PC to unlabeled AWSTAPE has similar issues.
>
No. Why? Labels is just bytes. The format is documented and irrelevant.
We once had an
On Fri, 4 Jun 2021 at 14:12, Radoslaw Skorupka wrote:
> W dniu 04.06.2021 o 19:48, Paul Gilmartin pisze:
> > Block boundaries? Sometimes they matter, and RDWs and BDWs. Especially
> > for RCFM=vBS
> > such as IEBCOPY PDSU. And LRECL=X.
> >
> > AWSTAPE?
>
> Your brevity is excellent, but it
W dniu 04.06.2021 o 19:48, Paul Gilmartin pisze:
On Fri, 4 Jun 2021 17:30:38 +, Farley, Peter x23353 wrote:
Assuming the PC-attached SCSI tape drive comes with software to copy data from
the tape to a disk file without any translation you just have to copy the files
off the actual tape
EBCDIC files with ease so you
know what you are dealing with after you capture the data.
Peter
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On Fri, 4 Jun 2021 17:30:38 +, Farley, Peter x23353 wrote:
>Assuming the PC-attached SCSI tape drive comes with software to copy data from
>the tape to a disk file without any translation you just have to copy the
>files off the actual tape in binary and then FTP in binary up to your
Schwab
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On Fri, Jun 4, 2021 at 9:06 AM Paul Gilmartin
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> On Fri, 4 Jun 2021 15:37:18 +0200, Radoslaw Skorupka wrote:
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> >OK, it can be connected to PC.
> >SCSI? Still available, but not very up to date. Nevermind, you can have
> >older PC.
>
to the mainframe.
Rex
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OK, it can be connected to PC.
SCSI? Still available
On Fri, 4 Jun 2021 15:37:18 +0200, Radoslaw Skorupka wrote:
>OK, it can be connected to PC.
>SCSI? Still available, but not very up to date. Nevermind, you can have
>older PC.
>However... what next?
>
AWSTAPE?
>... What software to use? How to read mainframe datasets?
>I'm sure there are
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Obviously it is possible to get (buy) 3420 compatible tape drive.
However it is not so cheap. Tape d
you send it off
wherever you want it.
Charles
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> Subject: [External] Re: access to 9-track reel tape drive
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> There are such services available, GIYF.
> Note: usually the service is to copy dataset from tape to some contemporary
> medium like USB
rnal] Re: access to 9-track reel tape drive
There are such services available, GIYF.
Note: usually the service is to copy dataset from tape to some contemporary
medium like USB stick.
No conversion, etc.
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Radoslaw Skorupka
Lodz, Poland
W dniu 03.06.2021 o 04:56, Mark S Waterbury pisze:
Many law firms specializing in software infringement cases either have, or have
access to, all kinds of tape drives.
David
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There are such services available, GIYF.
Note: usually the service is to copy dataset from tape to some contemporary
medium like
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