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

[Chris Bero]

Thanks, I'll forward that along!

Christopher Bero
Design Engineer, Firia Labs <https://firialabs.com/>
(256) 468-2146


On Fri, Apr 5, 2019 at 8:44 AM Joseph Baxley via general <
general at lists.makerslocal.org> wrote:

> 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 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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