[clug] Data archaeology vendors?...

[Alan Vidler]

Good luck!

I have memories from early 1980s of watching an attempt to read a
2400' tape written circa 1965 - as the tape went over rollers
into read heads the tape went one way and the oxide
intermittently went another!

Alan V

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On 15/03/2010 9:58 AM Stuart Hungerford sent:
> Hi,
> 
> My colleagues and I have recently come across a valuable
> dataset from way back in the day (in computing terms).  
> 
> It's stored on a big magnetic tape with a matching set of
> processing programs stored on punch cards.  I haven't 
> physically sited the materials yet, but I've been told they
> originated from an IBM 360 series using organization.
> 
> Can anyone recommend a vendor anywhere in Australia who
> can handle data extraction from these long lost formats?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Stu
> 
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> Stuart Hungerford
> ANU Supercomputer Facility
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