11 Aug
2016
11 Aug
'16
10:07 p.m.
Chuck we have tape.... we also have one of the 30 something track heads at smecc..... I
guess ?won would have to build ?the ?motorized ?wingaxas... to pull the tape. ... the
electronics can be recreated... ?We figure the head is the hard part..... ha! ?and a empty
take up reel! Anyone habe one?Ed www.smecc.org
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-------- Original message --------
From: Chuck Guzis <cclist at sydex.com>
Date: 8/11/16 21:21 (GMT-07:00)
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at
classiccmp.org>
Subject: Re: Tape imaging
On 08/11/2016 07:36 PM, Al Kossow wrote:
One of the highest projects I have in the queue is
getting one of
John's M4 9914V drives with 18 track MR heads running in my new lab
at CHM.
I've always wondered how far someone would go to retrieve data from
media that's really off the beaten path.? Suppose someone found a box of
tapes from an old Honeywell Datamatic mainframe.? Huge reels, 3 inches
wide with heaven knows how many channels...
--Chuck