I've heard that elsewhere. Basically at this point, I'm open to
whatever hardware I can dig up. Even a Pertec based unit would work if
it came with an interface card. (I'm just partial to SCSI as that's
where I've mostly worked) Thanks for the comment though - I'd forgotten
about that specific point. The crazy thing about all this is that the
large crate of tapes came with a Qualstar 1054 that they were adamant
about being the unit used with them. As soon as I saw the labels on
the gov't tapes, it was obvious that I had an issue lol. (The1054
worked without a hitch on the first try with a blank tape so I have a
nice little 3200 tape system and a big grate of tapes it can't read...)
On 11/14/23 4:34 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
On 11/14/23 16:12, steve shumaker via cctalk wrote:
Greetings all.. I'm looking for a Qualstar 1260S 1/2" tape system to
review/recover data from a stack of early Landsat tapes that I came into
a while back. I'd prefer the Qualstar SCSI system for familiarity but
basically I'm looking for a SCSI unit that can read 6250 GCR tapes. I'd
prefer west coast area to avoid shipping but given their (lack of)
availability I'm open to talking with anyone who might be willing deal
with it.
Steve, I've got a 1260S and it does a pretty poor job at reading 6250
GCR. It slows the tape down for the higher density and just doesn't
make enough signal to be reliable.
You probably want to consider other brands.
Most of my 6250 work is done on a Fujitsu X2444 drive, but it's Pertec,
not SCSI. But there are lots of other drives with 6250 capability.
FWIW,
Chuck
