9 May
2023
9 May
'23
2:07 p.m.
I have an SEL 810A operating, which some of these tapes were likely written
with. If any of the tapes are labelled I can quickly identify if it is an
SEL product.
-Eric
On Tue, May 9, 2023, 1:21 PM Chuck Guzis via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
wrote:
On 5/9/23 09:36, Dani Werts via cctalk wrote:
Hello,
I'm an employee with the National radio astronomy observatory here in
Socorro New Mexico.
As part of our NGVLA upgrades, we are seeking to
get rid of old data
tapes from the tape reel days of Computing. These contain things such as
the boot loaders, OS, specific collection programs and antenna movement
programs.
I personally would hate to see these just wind up
in the literal
dumpster and would like to see them sent out to a museum or an archiving
body that can preserve them and keep them safe as a dynamic part of history.
Funny coincidence--I just processed a 1981 9 track tape from Mauna Kea
dealing with some Neptune observations. It's all binary, which makes me
wonder if the client has the program to digest it--I wonder if said
program might be in your collection of tapes.
--Chuck