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

[Lyle Bickley]

Brian,

On Friday 10 November 2006 09:51, 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?

We have 1/2 open reel capability for 800, 1600 and 6250 densities. We do 
charge for the service of reading tapes and writing their contents to other 
media (such as CDs, etc.).

We do offer the service free to certain qualified non-profit organizations. 
For instance, we have done free tape conversions for the Computer History 
Museum, Bitsavers.org, etc.).

Cheers,
Lyle
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Lyle Bickley
Bickley Consulting West Inc.
Mountain View, CA
http://bickleywest.com

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