I have some 9-track mag tapes, mostly 1600bpi but a couple are 800bpi or 6250bpi. They were made under 4.2BSD Unix on a DEC Vax 11/780 in about 1986. They are "tar" tapes, blocking factor 20. The contents are my C programs written then, academic papers I wrote then, and my email in the ASCII data, and not any executable files. (The physical tapes are up for grabs, and some cost me $25 each back then, "Graham Magnetics Ultra-Mag" certified 100% error free for 25 years.) Is there a kind, generous, and tape-drive equipped soul out there that would help me out? A reply like "Only the 800bpi" or "Only the 6250bpi" would be welcome. Destination: my friend's FTP server, CD-R, DVD-R, or whatever. Compensation: I have some PDP-11 style hex boards, some of them prototypes. I have the controller for a DEC RF-11 fixed head disk. I have a "certified error free", new old stock, 80MB disk pack for a CDC 9762 (SMD). Back in 1985 2.8 BSD on a PDP-11 needed an error free disk pack. I have a RK05 disk pack. I am unemployed at the moment, but could still pay something, and shipping. Maybe I can repay the favor with my time. I am pretty good at writing websites, including Flash. Maybe you have to work on the "dark side" sometimes, and I can ease your pain. I am good at most things and applications large and small. I study Japanese and other languages, and software for that study. Also, I am an expert in auto-feed document scanners and document management/capture software. richard bristol // email: bristol22 [at] softhome [dot] net