smecc would like a tape also! neat!
In a message dated 3/7/2017 1:08:12 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
cctalk at
classiccmp.org writes:
Dave,
I am interested. I have an HP 2647 with two restored tape drives, and have
been looking for this exact tape set. I have some "new" Athana tapes. Step
1 would be to copy them to a new Athana master tape. Then step to could be
to make copies available to the group. Step 3 would be to transfer them to
an archive format, but in essence it's already been done by the hpmuseum
(in 5.25" 2647 disc format, LIF I presume?). But I don't have that rare disc
unit and interface card to connect it to the 2647 (if I had, I could
indeed recreate the tapes). That said, I first need to work on step 0, which is
lots of practicing recovering DC100 tapes reliably: baking them, changing
the belt, cleaning the guides... Fortunately I have lots of DC100 tapes that
I need to recover before touching yours. It might take me a couple month
to get there. Contact me off list if you want.
Marc
On Mar 6, 2017, at 1:12 PM, Dave via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
wrote:
Hello,
I have a couple of HP 2647A tapes: BASCI/AUTOPLOT47 and DEMO. They
look to be
in good condition. I have had them in a climate controlled lab
since acquiring them as part of a sizeable lot of HP tapes last year.
I am curious if there are any known good copies of
these tapes out
there. Are these the same as (i.e., can be created from) the
floppy images
available on hpmuseum.net?
If these are not already archived, I would be
interested in preserving
them. I realize that reading tapes this old may be a
"one-shot only"
process, and I don't have the expertise or equipment to be able to archive these
tapes.
Is there anyone on this list with the interest and
ability to archive
these tapes and make the images available to the community in a
useful format?
Thanks,
Dave