On Thu, 2025-07-17 at 13:20 +0000, Luke Parkerson via cctalk wrote: > Hi all, > > I recently got my hands on what I believe is a 9-track tape, dated > 1986, which has some old survey data stored on it from a university > research project several decades ago. I'm hoping to be able to > extract the information from the tape and convert it to a more modern > data file accessible to the public, but I don't know very much about > these tapes nor do I have 9-track tape equipment. > > I'm wondering if anyone who is more familiar with this technology can > tell me it's even still possible to extract this data, and if so, is > there's anyone here who can try and run the tape, or knows someone > with a working 9-track tape drive? > > The frame is not in the best shape, but the tape is hopefully fine. > Here's a photo: > https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PrdBnIWUO4-317ZSwqvY-TD6dHr2CxC8/view?usp=sharing > > Thanks, > > Luke
Paul Pierce <[email protected]> had 9-track and 7-track tape drives and software to extract data and cope with errors. I don't know whether he still has the equipment, but if he doesn't he probably knows who can do it.
