Re:

>  Hi,
>
> We copy/migrate old archival tapes here at National Archives of
> Sweden.
From:                   Jurek Flato <[log in to unmask]>

> We work on M4 9914 tape drives, 3 of them, connected to PC/Win
> workstations.
> Tape format is IBM labeled, ebcdic, Fixed or Variable records,
> sometimes multi-volume or multi-file. Should be translated
> (eventually) to ansi tables on PC.
> Sometimes the tapes have persistent read errors, in spite of all our
> tricks.
> I have a friendly company that allows us to use their HP3000-mp/ix
> with an old HP 7980 9-track station (hpib connection, I believe), with
> the hope that a different drive would be able to read them.
> Problem is, nobody still there ever ran the thing, and I am no expert,
> either.
> It would be nice if the system could automatically, with the help of
> label data, copy and convert the files, but perhaps it is too much to
> hope for.
> I tried to figure it out.
>
> FCOPY with proper file equations and options.
> file t;dev=8;rec=,,v,;label="uh#023",ibm,
> fcopy from=*t;ignerr;to=;ebcdicin;lang=swedish;files=all;nouserlabels
>
> I never got far enough to check it, because I am getting a console
> message about mounting the tape, I mount it again and it is online,
> and I cannot reply to the message that is apparently waiting, and
> FCOPY waits as well on the terminal.
> What to do ?
>
> Is there any suitable program in public domain ?
>
> Anybody ?
>
> If this experiment works, maybe we would consider to buy the 7980, if
> there is a hpib-scsi adapter on the market. Is there ?
>
> Any help would be apreciated.
>
> Regards
>
> Jurek
>
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