Re: _Old_ tape drive type.

Wolfgang, 

Thanks, very much appreciated.

I've now got a couple of options on this; a couple of people have kindly
offered old kit which they have which they think might do this for me,
and I now know much better (thanks to everyone's information) what I
need to look for.

I'm unsure if the tapes will still work, of course; they _are_ about 10
years old, so it's possible that even with the correct drives, I won't
get much data off them. Anyhow, I now know my search.

I'll probably be back on here again in a couple of weeks, asking how to
get this thing to work with linux... :)


Thanks again, everyone.

Paul.


On Tue, 2002-11-05 at 13:52, Wolfgang Weisselberg wrote:
> Hi, Paul!
> 
> Paul Furness ([email protected]) wrote 52 lines:
> 
> > I've just been handed a stack of very old tapes with some data on that,
> > apparently "...would be worth getting back if at all possible."
> 
> > The tapes are all the same physical size (6 inches by 4 inches by 5/8
> > inch thick), and may be all the same capacity. some of them are 3M
> > tapes, type number DC6150 (marked as 150MB) and DC600A (marked as 60MB).
> > Some of the others came from British Telecom and are labeled as DC600HC
> > but don't state a capacity. They are all marked as being 620ft log.
> 
> > I've never seen or used tapes like these, and I know we have no drive
> > here that will take them. But in order to try and get hold of a drive
> > that will read them, I need to know what I'm looking for.
> 
> I seem to remember my dad had these -- or very similar -- tapes
> (and I might even have a drive, but that would be with my
> parents, so it'll take time to check).  Somehow the manufacturer
> 'Wang' springs into my mind (but is incorrect, see later):
>     http://www.ndci.com/wang_frame.html
> 
> Have a look, you still can buy these tapes:
>     http://www.mfarris.com/Store/QICtape/mf600a.html
>     http://www.mfarris.com/Store/QICtape/mf6150.html
> 
> Hmmm ... seems Wangtek produced these streamers:
>     http://www.hinner.com/texte/forsale.html
> someone is selling/lending (one!):
> | Streamer Wangtek 5150 PKX, 150MB; 3M DC6150 and Sony
> | QD6250 Data Cartdridge, Sytos Software
> | 200 [EUR?]
> | Lending OK, 20/day [EUR?]
> 
> This data rescuer has worked with your tapes (German):
>     http://www.festplatten-datenrettung.de/tape_recovery-03.htm
> 
> They say:
> | Gegenwärtig werden diese Laufwerke nur von Tandberg Data
> | hergestellt. Doch es sind noch viele Laufwerke anderer
> | Hersteller wie Archive, Wangtek und Sankyo im Einsatz.
> (Only Tandberg Data still produces drives, but many other
> manufacturer's drives (e.g. Archive, Wangtek and Sankyo) are
> still in use)
> 
> Have a look at:
>     http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/storage-devices/x523.html
> Now, which QIC drives do 60 and 150 MB?  These are most probably
> compatible and usable for your quest.
> 
> E.g. http://www.6thplanet.com/menu/m_mas_back_bactape.html
> sells a "Wangtek 5525ES 525MB QIC Drive. Int 5 1/4, SCSI. Brown.
> Refurbished 90 Day RTB Wty." which should do what you want
> for ca 65 Pound (GB).
> 
> Total search time: ~30 minutes.  Google is good.
> 
> -Wolfgang
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