<div dir="auto">If this is a data tape, it's not of interest to us. Nasa has them archived and available. Generally speaking, data tapes can only be read by the program that wrote it since formats are arbitrary. <div dir="auto"> The name on the reel only tells us who made the reel and possibly the bank tape. Reels were often swapped. One of the saddest things I have done was to send several rooms full of tapes to the incenerator. Expensive as well. <div dir="auto"><br><div dir="auto">If it is video then it could be very significant. There may be only one try at reading it since the magnetic coating on old tapes can flake off when read.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Without knowing anything about the contents, I suggest keeping it as a historic example of how data was stored in the later 20th century. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Wes</div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Apr 5, 2019, 9:57 AM Chris Bero <<a href="mailto:bigbero@gmail.com">bigbero@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Thanks for the suggestions!<div><br></div><div>VBAS's archiving team already works with UAH Special Collections, so I anticipate they've already been asked. We sent an email to Graham Magnetics asking for advice as well, if they can't help us then we'll follow up with those museums.</div><div><br></div><div>Kellie, once we figure it out I'll make sure to follow up here!<br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="m_-8145938267240942938gmail-m_-3116932412443106953gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p>Christopher Bero<br>Design Engineer, <a href="https://firialabs.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Firia Labs</a><br>(256) 468-2146</p></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Apr 5, 2019 at 9:46 AM Kellie Miller <<a href="mailto:jkelliemiller@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">jkelliemiller@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>If you find out a place that can read the tape, I'd be interested in knowing about it. I had (they may have gotten trashed because I couldn't figure out how to read them) some old Vax 9 track tapes that I'd love to have the contents in a form I could read.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Kellie Miller<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Apr 5, 2019 at 9:20 AM EB Muzek <<a href="mailto:ebtree1151@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">ebtree1151@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">The UAH library special collections houses the archives for the Apollo and Saturn programs. The librarians there probably would a perfect resource for this.<div><br></div><div><a href="https://libguides.uah.edu/c.php?g=263653&p=4024060" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://libguides.uah.edu/c.php?g=263653&p=4024060</a> <br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Apr 5, 2019 at 8:57 AM Kyle Owen <<a href="mailto:kylevowen@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">kylevowen@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr">CHM would be good, but if they don't come through, I'd contact LCM+L in Seattle.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I'm still working on getting a 9-track drive. I've got lots of other weird drives, and will hopefully have a 9-track to pick up in September. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Kyle</div></div></div>
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