On Fri, 10 Feb 2023 at 13:01, Phil Smith III <li...@akphs.com> wrote:
Is a 40-year-old tape going to be physically readable? I have no idea, but > wonder. I have some 30-year-plus tapes in the basement, but hope not to > ever > care (and as time marches on, the odds of course reduce.) > I managed to read tapes from around 1972-79 that I had kept in an open carton in my attic through summer heat and winter cold. The only ones I couldn't read turned out to be 800 BPI, and not supported by my drive. Tony H. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
