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

[I am not corn!]

On 11 Nov 2006  suns-at-home-request@net-kitchen.com wrote:

> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 09:51:26 -0800
> From: Brian Costello <costellob@asme.org>
> To: suns-at-home@net-kitchen.com
> Subject: [Suns-at-Home] Anyone have a 1/2" open Reel Magnetic Tape drive
> 
> 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?


Google groups & alt.folklore.computers will be your friend here.  A 
similar question is posed frequently and I think always answered 
affirmatively.  If you're email-only and haven't web access let me 
know and I'll collect a handful of the useful responses from the 
newsgroup and send them on to you.