[TUHS] Old Unix tapes from University of Nottingham

[Al Kossow via TUHS]

On 4/16/26 9:31 AM, James Frew via TUHS wrote:
> True THAT. It was iffy enough recovering data from 1980s QIC media in the 1980s.
> 
> /Frew
> 
> On 2026-04-16 4:57 AM, Al Kossow via TUHS wrote:
>>
>> As far as I know, no one in the UK has the experience to successfully
>> recover 1980's QIC media. There are only a few people in the whole
>> world that have been able to do this consistently, and I don't even
>> consider myself one of them.

I mentioned on another list that one of the UK institutions needs to step up and establish a media recovery lab
There will be many bread crumbs left for them to follow in http://bitsavers.org/BBofBS
They also need to be willing to release the contents of said media. (hint: "no commercial value")