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color=#800000 size=2>Hi Giovanni</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#800000 size=2>I have a 8mm tape drive here (scsi) - hasn't been used for
a few years but was working before I retired it. I only used it on a NT4 server
using standard ntbackup. I'm not sure if that would read your tape
though.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=334073707-27012008><FONT face=Verdana
color=#800000 size=2>hth,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#800000 size=2>Steve</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Moretti, Giovanni
[mailto:G.Moretti@massey.ac.nz] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, 25 January 2008 3:50
p.m.<BR><B>To:</B> delphi@listserver.123.net.nz<BR><B>Subject:</B> [DUG] Help:
can anyone read 8mm Data Cartridges?<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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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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