[ML-General] Reading a 9-track tape - any help?

[Joseph Baxley]

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.

-Joseph

> On Apr 5, 2019, at 9:37 AM, Kyle Owen <kylevowen at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Apr 5, 2019, 08:23 Chris Bero <bigbero at gmail.com <mailto:bigbero at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi makers,
> 
> The local observatory, VBAS <http://vbas.org/>, 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?
> 
> 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?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Kyle
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