[TUHS] mag tapes

[andrew--- via TUHS]

i am in southern california.

> On Sep 1, 2026, at 1:11 PM, Michael Hughes <tuhs at thehugheslogcabin.net> wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 1 Sep 2026 12:15:39 -0700
> andrew--- via TUHS <tuhs at tuhs.org> wrote:
> 
>> during a belated round of cleanup around the house, i have come
>> across 3 mag tapes:
>> 
>> 1) 2400’ reel: cpio 5281x512 blocks, 800 BPI
>> 2) 2400’ reel: cpio -oc 32b, 1600BPI
>> 3) 600(or maybe 800)’ reel: unknown
>> 
>> i would REALLY like to get the info of tape 1.
>> all tapes were made around 1980, and have been stored in good
>> residential temp/humidity.
>> 
>> where might i be able to process these tapes?
>> or pointers to other places i might ask?
>> 
>> 	andrew hume
>> 
>> 
> 
> I have two tape drives, one is connected to a VAX 3800 and the other is
> an HP SCIS drive that I connect to a FreeBSD system.
> 
> I have pulled data of tapes for other people in the past with the HP
> drive.
> 
> Where are you located?
> 
> 
> -- 
> Michael D Hughes