[Suns-at-Home] Anyone have a 1/2" open Reel Magnetic Tape drive

[Carey Tyler Schug]

Not long ago one or more people on the Hercules list had such devices.  
People emulating old mainframes periodically find old tapes they need to 
read in.  Hercules is the open source software emulator for IBM System 
360/370/390/zeseries mainframes.

Look at:
http://www.hercules-390.org/
or the Hercules-390 Yahoo group.

Brian Costello wrote:
> A freind of mine needs to restore data from a 1/2" open reel tape and 
> the drive is long gone. Does anyone have access to a drive and 
> wouldn't mind helping? The specs on the tape are: 3M Black Watch 700 
> computer tape, 6250 CPI, 1200 ft. If not, anyone know of a service 
> bureau that could do it?
>