On Thu, 9 Feb 2023 at 20:33, Tony Thigpen <t...@vse2pdf.com> wrote: > I need a single 3420 tape converted. Anyone know of someone that can do it?
Buncha questions... Where is the tape, how much of a rush are you in, what's the recording density/tracks, how old is the tape itself, how old is the recording, how bad is it if it gets damaged or lost, how confidential is the data? And what kind of output do you expect? There are still a few services doing this, but fewer than there were a decade or so ago. Mike Baldwin who is on IBM-MAIN might be able to do it for you or point you to a good place near wherever you are. I can do it for no charge, but it may take quite a while since it's just me being a hobbyist and digging out my ancient 9348 drive and plugging it into a Linux box and converting to an AWS file. I have converted quite a few tapes from the early 1970s without problem, but I can offer no guarantee. I would say I'd be near the bottom of your list. Tony H. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
