28 May
2025
28 May
'25
8:05 p.m.
It's gratifying to see the Viper 150 still works on FreeBSD, though I miss
the kkniwn rouge message since CAM has been in the system :).
On Wed, May 28, 2025, 2:03 PM Clem Cole <clemc(a)ccc.com> wrote:
Be really careful. The bands inside are extremely
fragile. Talk to me
off list. I have a 2 drives that are likely to be to can read them
[Archive Viper 150], which I have spliced to a SCSI chain on a FreeBSD
box. Talk to me off list.
Clem
On Wed, May 28, 2025 at 3:58 PM segaloco via TUHS <tuhs(a)tuhs.org> wrote:
Hello everyone, I'm just putting feelers out
for a potential data recovery
project that may have some UNIX history nuggets hiding somewhere. I just
closed
on this auction: https://www.ebay.com/itm/267254963191
After the link is an action for a set of 17 Sony QD-600A tapes featuring
various
backups from at least one machine named Zeus. The listing indicates they
were
property of a former Western Electric engineer. At least one tape has a
label
indicating a full /usr backup. My hope is that something downstream of
the BTL
internal version of System V might be living amongst these tapes, but
either way
I was wondering if anyone here with access to the correct tape drive
would be
willing to assist with ripping these tapes? I can also start hunting
down a
drive but figured I'd ask around first. I'm not currently spotting a
drive on
eBay but have a few other places I can ask around.
Thanks for any input!
- Matt G.