Reading old tapes

Al Kossow aek at bitsavers.org wrote on Tue May 23 18:55:07 CDT 2006: Someone might consider putting a list up somewhere of people willing/able to read old media, including info on fees, capabilities and location. I can read and write 9-track 800/1600/6250 (multiple drives to verify on) all soft-sectored floppies, 3480, CompacTapes (TK50 and TK70), QIC 24/60/120/150/250/525/1.35/2000, DLT III/IIIxt/IV, Exabytes and DDS1/2/4. I also have a 9-track tape cleaning machine, but I don't attempt the "baking" tricks--if the tape sticks after cleaning, I don't attempt any further. I do this for free for hobbyists and occasional few tapes from desperate small businesses; not particularly interested in business-level conversions. I'm located in Minneapolis; turnaround is pretty much immediate, but return shipping and the cost of my surplus media (if used) should be prepaid (paypal works for me too) if the media is wanted back. Otherwise I can make the imaging available over the 'net. I can provide CPTP/TAP, SIMH, E11, TPC imaged tapes; teledisk, imagedisk or raw/dsk files for floppies; straight disk dumps for any kind of SCSI or IDE drive. I also specialize in hard-disk Morrow Micro Decision and Kaypro machines. Please consider this an offering of my services moving forward. Hobbyists needing help in media conversion to electronic form can contact me at staylor at smedley DoT mrynet DoT com Best regards, -scott