slightly OT: tape backup

From: Joe R. <rigdonj_at_cfl.rr.com>
Date: Sat May 8 07:09:28 2004

Pete,

   I think I have a couple of Exabyte 8200 drives laying around if you want
one and are willing to pay shipping from the US.

    Joe


At 12:05 AM 5/8/04 +0100, you wrote:
>Slightly off topic: I need to recover some data (about 500MB) from a
>tape written 8 years ago on an 8mm ExaByte 8200. Ultimately I need it
>transferred to a hard disk but DAT (DDS or DDS2) or DLT (anything that
>can be read on a DLT7000) would be an excellent intermediate step.
>
>Does anyone in the UK have the ability to do that for me? I can
>provide the DDS or DLT tape.
>
>--
>Pete Peter Turnbull
> Network Manager
> University of York
>
Received on Sat May 08 2004 - 07:09:28 BST