Reading 3480 tapes

Patrick Finnegan pat at computer-refuge.org
Tue Oct 5 09:12:11 CDT 2004


On Tuesday 05 October 2004 08:47, Brad Parker wrote:
> Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
> >Does anyone have the capability to read 3480 tapes?  Ideally, I'm
> >looking for someone in the Silicon Valley area who has the
> >capability.
>
> I can read 1600bpi 2400' (or smaller) reels and put them on cd-rom.

Errr.... IBM's 3480 tapes aren't reel-to-reel, they're a similar form 
factor to DLT (but a different encoding).

Pat
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