11 May
2015
11 May
'15
11:35 p.m.
At 12:18 PM 5/11/2015, Noel Chiappa wrote:
Oh, that tape may be just fine if it was kept in office conditions.
Chuck Guzis is at http://sydex.com/ . He'd do a fine job.
There may be others at the Classic Computer Collector mailing
list who could assist.
- John
From: Aharon
Robbins
Can anyone still read 9 track tapes? We just
un-covered two that date
from my wife's time in grad school, circa 1989 - 1990. They would be
tar tapes.
That old, the issue is not going to be the format (TAR is still grokkable),
but the physical condition of the tapes; that old, they might have issues
with shedding of oxide, etc (which a heat soak can mostly cure). If you
really want them read, I would recommend a specialist in reading old tapes;
it will cost, but if you really want the data... I have used Chuck Guzis, in
Washington (state) in the US.