Do a search for PC 3490 drive; if you can't find someone who already has one, you can buy a drive. I saw one hit that mentioned 9-track; I hadn't realized that those were still available.
There is software available to convert a tape to AWS format. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of Joseph Winters <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 5, 2020 6:49 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Mainframe 3490 Tape Cartridges Hello, We have a couple of 3490 tape cartridges that contain program libraries (loadlibs) as well as source code. The contents contain a software product that was last worked on in 2005. We would like to have the tapes converted to a newer format. We have access to the IBM Systems Center and were told that they support 3592-E05 and 3592-E07 cartridges. Would someone be able to convert our 3490 tapes? Best, Joseph Winters ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
