11 Dec
2012
11 Dec
'12
6:56 p.m.
Not in CA at all, but I have a working CDC Keystone drive
and an interface to a PC. I recently hacked up a program
to read any 1600 (PE) or 6250 (GCR) tape to a binary file.
There is a c program that will then read VMS Backup
tapes, and I have it running here and have read in a
couple of my old backups. I can also unpack some
standard tape formats such as ANSI-D.
I'd be willing to try this. But, I have had problems with
old tapes that have been stored in bad conditions like
attics or something. The oxide just peels off the tape
like it was a Scotch tape or something, making a horrible
sound.
I'm in the St. Louis, MO area.
Jon