On 12/12/24 22:11, Steve Lewis via cctalk wrote: I ran into AJ (?Palmgen? I think) at the recent VCFMW.  Very interesting guy, and very nice!  He has a lot of restoration projects in progress. Jon

Agree with seeking out AJ. Either he or Chuck were the ones who told me how to do it. I was able to successfully read a few tapes by using a SCSI QIC drive and reading a tape under linux. Two things to beware of are that 1) the rubber rollers in old QIC drives will sometimes turn to sticky goo, and 2) the tension bands inside the tapes themselves will sometimes break. Back when I was pursuing these QIC tapes as a hobby a couple years ago, I found that most of the new tapes I found had tension bands either broken or that broke immediately on use. Brand new tapes still in shrinkwrap, from multiple manufacturers. Both of these problems are solvable with appropriate caution (AJ has a video; VCF hass some threads). QIC did seem to have its niche in software distribution, for things that were too big/inconvenient for floppies, before CDs came out. Scott On Thu, Dec 12, 2024 at 8:40 PM Chuck Guzis via cctalk < cctalk(a)classiccmp.org&gt; wrote:

Would it be possible to do something like this myself? I’ve been highly advised to get someone who knows what they are doing, do it but some other people seem to imply that as long as the right precautions are taken place then it’s alright to do it yourself. I have a drive but have no experience using it. Sent from my iPhone

Forgot the link <https://winworldpc.com/product/corel-draw/35-unix> winworldpc.com<https://winworldpc.com/product/corel-draw/35-unix> [X]<https://winworldpc.com/product/corel-draw/35-unix> Sent from my iPhone On Dec 13, 2024, at 15:43, Wayne S &lt;wayne.sudol(a)hotmail.com&gt; wrote: Is this the same software? Sent from my iPhone On Dec 13, 2024, at 15:36, Cameron Kelly via cctalk &lt;cctalk(a)classiccmp.org&gt; wrote: Would it be possible to do something like this myself? I’ve been highly advised to get someone who knows what they are doing, do it but some other people seem to imply that as long as the right precautions are taken place then it’s alright to do it yourself. I have a drive but have no experience using it. Sent from my iPhone On Dec 13, 2024, at 1:37 AM, Scott Baker via cctalk &lt;cctalk(a)classiccmp.org&gt; wrote: Agree with seeking out AJ. Either he or Chuck were the ones who told me how to do it. I was able to successfully read a few tapes by using a SCSI QIC drive and reading a tape under linux. Two things to beware of are that 1) the rubber rollers in old QIC drives will sometimes turn to sticky goo, and 2) the tension bands inside the tapes themselves will sometimes break. Back when I was pursuing these QIC tapes as a hobby a couple years ago, I found that most of the new tapes I found had tension bands either broken or that broke immediately on use. Brand new tapes still in shrinkwrap, from multiple manufacturers. Both of these problems are solvable with appropriate caution (AJ has a video; VCF hass some threads). QIC did seem to have its niche in software distribution, for things that were too big/inconvenient for floppies, before CDs came out. Scott On Thu, Dec 12, 2024 at 8:40 PM Chuck Guzis via cctalk < cctalk(a)classiccmp.org&gt; wrote: On 12/12/24 19:13, Cameron Kelly via cctalk wrote: Hello, I have a QIC tape of an interesting piece of software that doesn’t seem to be archived anywhere. I don’t have experience using QIC tape so I’m inquiring if anyone here would be willing to offer the service. The software in question is “CorelDraw For Unix”. I do quite a few quarter-inch cartridges as part of my business. There's an incredible variety of formats; for example, Iotamat carts look just like a DC600 cartridge, but do not use optical sensing--BOT/ET etc is all recorded as special patterns on the tape. If you get stuck, I'd be happy to have a look at the tape. --Chuck