19 Dec
2003
19 Dec
'03
5:44 a.m.
I just found a message you wrote back in September
mentioning a selection
of old track tape drives. I run a computer department on the services side
of the Oil industry and we specialise in maintaining and transcribing data
from these older types of media.
And I am an active archivist of old software who works for groups around
the country on a pro-bono basis who has been trying to find a 10" 7 track
for years now.
People on the list can make their own decisions about where a drive should
go if one should ever turn up.
FWIW, 7 track drives are going for $3500 and up when they do show up.
I was happy when I found a write-only 7 track head stack for only $500
a few years ago.