Re: Old tape data retrieval

2020-02-27 Thread Liam Proven via cctalk
On Thu, 27 Feb 2020 at 03:49, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > > Hoo boy. I'll throw my experience in and see if you can avoid nausea... > > First of all, you don't need a special controller to run most floppytape > drives, nor do you need to give up a floppy drive to use them--they > don't use t

Re: Old tape data retrieval

2020-02-26 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
Hoo boy. I'll throw my experience in and see if you can avoid nausea... First of all, you don't need a special controller to run most floppytape drives, nor do you need to give up a floppy drive to use them--they don't use the usual drive/motor select control for access. It's perfectly permissi

Old tape data retrieval

2020-02-26 Thread Kevin Parker via cctalk
(Just reposting this as it did not appear to appear on the list - there was about a two week period when I didn't see any CCMP emails for some reason - apologies if it has already appeared for others). I apologize if this is OT but I'm hoping someone on the list can help me fill a gap in my kn