Recovering Memorex tapes

-----Original Message----- From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Lawrence Wilkinson Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2007 1:23 PM To: General Discussion: On-Topic Posts Only Subject: Recovering Memorex tapes At the recent BCS at 50 event, I spoke to Dr Jeremy John from the British Library. He is their "Curator of Digital Manuscripts" and as everyone here will know he has his work cut out trying to preserve and access the documents they have. He mentioned that they were having problems with a particular Memorex tape. I think this is 9-track tape. It sounds like the binder has failed, and the oxide is lifting off the tape. Apparently they've tried heating it, but this hasn't improved things (I'm not sure how many tapes they're dealing with). I think the following is what they are dealing with: http://www.spectrumdata.com.au/content.aspx?cid=155 Rather than ask for specific remedial suggestions here, can anyone suggest companies or organisations in Britain which could deal with this? I'll pass suggestions on, or if you think you can help directly then I will put you in touch. Thanks, -- Lawrence Wilkinson lawrence at ljw.me.uk The IBM 360/30 page http://www.ljw.me.uk/ibm360