From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Jul 21 19:02:46 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53D4DBA0782 for ; Thu, 21 Jul 2016 19:02:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) Received: from ms-10.1blu.de (ms-10.1blu.de [178.254.4.101]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 176D31609 for ; Thu, 21 Jul 2016 19:02:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) Received: from [85.181.67.83] (helo=localhost.unixarea.de) by ms-10.1blu.de with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1bQJEv-00010C-PN; Thu, 21 Jul 2016 21:02:34 +0200 Received: from localhost.my.domain (c720-r292778-amd64 [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.unixarea.de (8.15.2/8.14.9) with ESMTPS id u6LJ2WTB002548 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 21 Jul 2016 21:02:32 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) Received: (from guru@localhost) by localhost.my.domain (8.15.2/8.14.9/Submit) id u6LJ2WJr002547; Thu, 21 Jul 2016 21:02:32 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) X-Authentication-Warning: localhost.my.domain: guru set sender to guru@unixarea.de using -f Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2016 21:02:32 +0200 From: Matthias Apitz To: Dale Scott Cc: "'Alexander Sadovski'" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question about Tape =?utf-8?Q?services?= =?utf-8?B?4oCP?= Message-ID: <20160721190232.GA2491@c720-r292778-amd64.fritz.box> Reply-To: Matthias Apitz Mail-Followup-To: Matthias Apitz , Dale Scott , 'Alexander Sadovski' , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <00ed01d1e2a8$85450090$8fcf01b0$@shaw.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <00ed01d1e2a8$85450090$8fcf01b0$@shaw.ca> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 11.0-CURRENT r292778 (amd64) User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30) X-Con-Id: 51246 X-Con-U: 0-guru X-Originating-IP: 85.181.67.83 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2016 19:02:46 -0000 El día Wednesday, July 20, 2016 a las 11:02:37AM -0600, Dale Scott escribió: > http://tapeconversions.com/ > > I used their services in 2006 to get the data off a number of QIC > cartridges. I couriered the cartridges and they emailed back zip files (the > tapes arrived later). I was very pleased with the promptness and cost (at > the time US$35/cartridge, plus return shipping cost). It's a bit off-topic, even off-thread: I own an old 9 track tape from the years 80' which should still contain a bootable Amdahl UTS system, an UNIX for IBM compatible mainframes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amdahl_UTS Any chance to boot from this somewhere nowadays? matthias -- Matthias Apitz, ✉ guru@unixarea.de, ⌂ http://www.unixarea.de/ ☎ +49-176-38902045 "Wer übersieht, dass wir uns den anderen weggenommen haben und sie uns wiederhaben wollen, kann von den Kämpfen der letzten Tage keinen verstehen. Und kann natürlich auch keinen dieser Kämpfe bestehen." Hermann Kant in jW 1.10.1989