<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">I’ve got someone who thinks they can help I’ve sent Greg the number. Greg just needs to get in touch with him or me.<div class=""> <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Mar 22, 2017, at 11:07 AM, Greg Schmitz <<a href="mailto:greg@amipa.org" class="">greg@amipa.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">
  
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/22/17 06:51 AM, Royce Williams
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      <div dir="ltr" class="">Greg, is there a way to post a picture of the
        labels/model info on the tape itself, as a solid starting point
        for investigating options?</div>
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        <div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 6:40 AM, Royce
          Williams <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:royce@tycho.org" target="_blank" class="">royce@tycho.org</a>></span>
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              <div class="">The drive is probably something along these lines:</div>
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              <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.ebay.com/sch/Tape-Data-Cartridge-Drives/39976/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=%22sun%22+%228mm%22&_sop=15" target="_blank" class="">http://www.ebay.com/sch/Tape-<wbr class="">Data-Cartridge-Drives/39976/i.<wbr class="">html?_from=R40&_nkw=%22sun%22+<wbr class="">%228mm%22&_sop=15</a>
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              <div class="">... and the drive specs seem to be specific about
                tape capacity, so we'd need to find a reasonably good
                match to hedge our bets.<br class="">
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                <div class="">Modern NetBSD should probably have both hardware
                  support:</div>
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                <div class="">... as well as software support, using something
                  like one of these options (or Linux methods possible
                  as well):</div>
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                <div class=""><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://ask.metafilter.com/73464/Restore-from-SunOS-413-dump-tape-backup" target="_blank" class="">http://ask.metafilter.com/<wbr class="">73464/Restore-from-SunOS-413-<wbr class="">dump-tape-backup</a><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888" class=""><br class="">
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                  <div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 6:02
                    AM, Royce Williams <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:royce@tycho.org" target="_blank" class="">royce@tycho.org</a>></span>
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                      <div dir="ltr" class="">To be more precise ... what is the
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                                <div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 22,
                                  2017 at 5:57 AM, Royce Williams <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:royce@tycho.org" target="_blank" class="">royce@tycho.org</a>></span>
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                                    <div dir="ltr" class="">I don't have the tape
                                      drive, but I can put out some
                                      feelers. What size are the tapes?<span class="m_-5799592075956560971m_-8876135478114503567HOEnZb"><font color="#888888" class="">
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                                            <div class="gmail_quote">On
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                                              AM, Greg Schmitz <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:greg@amipa.org" target="_blank" class="">greg@amipa.org</a>></span>
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                                                A local library made an
                                                inquiry yesterday about
                                                retrieving files from an
                                                8mm backup tape recorded
                                                using Sun OS 4.1.3.  I'm
                                                assuming it was made
                                                using an Exabyte drive
                                                of one sort or another. 
                                                Does anybody have an old
                                                working drive or know of
                                                someone locally who
                                                might be able to
                                                retrieve the files?<br class="">
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    The tape is a Maxell "HELICAL-SCAN 8mm DATA CARTRIDGE" 112M Nominal
    Capacity 2.5/5.0 GIGABYTES."<br class="">
    I'm assuming it was produced on a Sun machine since it is labeled:
    "TAR -cvf SUNOS 4.1.3"<br class="">
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    Shouldn't be too difficult if a working drive can be found.  <br class="">
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    FWIW, we have fielded this type of request in the past; though it
    really is outside of our mission.  An enterprising individual could
    probably set-up a side business as a vendor retrieving old tape
    formats for businesses and government entities in Alaska; though I
    expect budgets are not what they used to be.<br class="">
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    --greg<br class="">
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