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<P><SPAN class=273282203-17122007><FONT face=Georgia>A colleague <SPAN
class=404563302-25012008> of mine </SPAN> has some <SPAN
class=404563302-25012008><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
color=#000000> research</FONT> </FONT></SPAN>data that
exists <SPAN class=404563302-25012008>only as an archive on an 8mm
data cartridge.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN class=273282203-17122007><FONT face=Georgia><SPAN
class=404563302-25012008></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN
class=273282203-17122007><SPAN class=404563302-25012008><FONT face=Georgia>You
know the story - support staff back it up and give him the tape. He (not
unreasonably) assumes that if he gives them back the tape they would recover his
data. Years pass, they junk all the older equipment
...</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN class=273282203-17122007><SPAN
class=404563302-25012008></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Georgia>I know it's a
long shot but <SPAN
class=404563302-25012008>can </SPAN>anyone read data from a
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<P><FONT face=Georgia><SPAN
class=273282203-17122007> <SPAN
class=404563302-25012008><FONT color=#0000ff>
</FONT></SPAN></SPAN>8mm-DL 112M Computer Grade Data Cartridge.<SPAN
class=404563302-25012008> </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Georgia><SPAN class=404563302-25012008>If you'd be prepared to
dump the contents onto a CD/DVD/FTP site (whatever's easiest for you), he'd be
enormously grateful.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Georgia><SPAN class=404563302-25012008></SPAN><SPAN
class=404563302-25012008>The tape was written (we think) using some form of DEC
Unix/Ultrix and is (I hope) in TAR format. Any form of dump would be better than
a cartridge and no reader :-)</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Georgia><SPAN class=273282203-17122007>Thanks<BR></SPAN><SPAN
class=273282203-17122007>Giovanni</SPAN></FONT></SPAN>
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