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

[Joshua Pritt]

There's also the Living Computer Museum in Seattle WA.  They have a ton of
old hardware they restore and let people see and even type on!  (hence the
word "living" right in the name)
https://livingcomputers.org/

On Fri, Apr 5, 2019 at 9:46 AM Chris Bero <bigbero at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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