Data could probably be FTP'd to us, depending on the sensitivity of the data. I have no idea how often we would need tapes converted. It might be 2 tapes over the next 5 years, no tapes, or 200 tapes. We have about 18,000 tapes in our tape library, however lots of them are scratch, test data, etc.
I know I researched this before, and found a company that would sell us a 3490 E model desktop sized drive, and some software that you could program to convert all of the packed and binary fields to something that a PC or Unix box could read. I think that the whole package of tape drive and software was around $10,000. Personally, I think that would be the best bet, but I'm not sure they want to spend that much for something that might never be used. Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer P&H Mining Equipment 414-671-7849 Milwaukee, Wisconsin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chase, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, March 24, 2006 2:24 pm Subject: Re: Convert 3490E Tapes to CD or DVD To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Eric Bielefeld > > > > Does anyone know of any companies that can convert mainframe > > tapes to DVDs or CDs? As many of you know, our mainframe is > > going out the door at the end of April. All of the > > historical data and otherwise tape data will then in essence > > be unreadable by us. All of our tapes are currently 3490-E > > model tapes. We are looking for a company who can read the > > data on a 3490E drive and convert it to ASCII and write it on > > a DVD or CD, or just FTP it to us. This would be on an as > > needed basis, and may or may not be a lot of data. > > > > You can reply to me or the group, or call me. > > Is there too much data to just FTP it to an ASCII host in-house, then > save it "whereever"? > > -jc- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
