Martin, Michael,
Thank you!
We don't have possession of the tapes yet, but, assuming that
happens, I'll try RICM to see if their machines are working again.
/guy fedorkow
On 11/1/2025 1:00 PM, cctalk-request(a)classiccmp.org wrote:
> Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2025 13:22:48 -0700
> From: Martin Eberhard<mfeberhard(a)gmail.com>
> Subject: [cctalk] Re: reading DECtape
> To:cctalk@classiccmp.org
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> If you don't find a closer alternative, I have working DECtape drives on my PDP8e (in California), as well as software that allows me to upload an entire tape image as a binary file (via Xmodem protocol).
>
> I'd be available to do this sometime after November 11.
>
> Martin
>
> Typing mangled by iPhone
>
>> On Oct 31, 2025, at 10:53 AM, Guy Fedorkow via cctalk<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
>>
>> We may have a half a dozen DECtapes, probably from the PDP-6 era, perhaps with ITS with content...
>> Is there anyone, preferably in the MIT vicinity, who might have a working DECtape drive and be willing to try to read the tapes?
>>
>> Thanks
>> /guy fedorkow
>>
>>
>>
