Rescue of data from Pioneer 10 & 11 tapes at JPL needed. Vintage computers slated for demolition.

I came across this very interesting, on topic story about the detection of an anomalous acceleration, the need to recover data which "exists on a few hundred ancient 7- and 9-track magnetic tapes", and the imminent scrapping of the original computers at: http://www.planetary.org/news/2005/pioneer_anomaly1_0510.html A snippet from the article: "With the spacecraft now silent, we cannot expect future data, so we must look to the past. In fact, there are hundreds of tapes containing data taken before 1987, when the spacecraft were between 10 and 40 AU from the Sun. This data from the time the Pioneers were still in the midst of this planetary realm could be crucial to solving the anomaly. Unfortunately, this data is stored on hundreds of ancient nine-track tapes, now lodged under a staircase at JPL. The tapes can only be read by equally ancient computers, giants compared to modern machines, which are slated for demolition. We must transfer this data to more modern media readable by up-to-date computers, but time is running out." Are there any list members interested in assisting in the transfer of this data to "more modern media"? Does anyone know what the "ancient computers" are and if a rescue of them from destruction is feasible? Regards, Bill Dawson http://www.swtpc.com whdawson