<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hey, so my $0.02 on this would be to contact the Computer History Museum in Mountain View. They do a lot of work with digital preservation and have a ton of machines on hand. Odds are good they’ll be able to help.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">-Joseph<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Apr 5, 2019, at 9:37 AM, Kyle Owen <<a href="mailto:kylevowen@gmail.com" class="">kylevowen@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="auto" class="">On Fri, Apr 5, 2019, 08:23 Chris Bero <<a href="mailto:bigbero@gmail.com" class="">bigbero@gmail.com</a> wrote:<div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr" class="">Hi makers,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The local observatory, <a href="http://vbas.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" class="">VBAS</a>, is trying to preserve Wernher Von Braun and Co.'s data. They have a 9-track tape, but no way to read it. Does anyone happen to have or know of a way we could get the tape read and digitized?</div></div></blockquote></div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">Do they know what computer system is was used with? Even any shots in the dark would be good to know. Also, what's the BPI of the tape, and what is the reel's diameter?</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">Thanks,</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">Kyle</div><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"></div></div>
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