[rescue] Looking for: SunOS 4.0.3e - SPARCEngine

[Richard]

True, if AJ is willing to take this on then more than happy. Was just putting my hand up. AJ?

Richard

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> On 24 Apr 2022, at 23:46, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
> 
>   Richard, don't forget AJ Palmgren's great success in recovering troublesome QIC tapes.  If you don't have any luck with this, he might.
> 
>           -Dave
> 
>> On 4/24/22 09:43, Richard wrote:
>> o;?Jon
>> Absolutely!!! I would be willing to attempt to dump and upload
>> I recovered some of my own qic tapes a few years back. Had to swap the bands (success), tried the boiling trick (limited success), etc.
>> I am happy to pay for well packed postage from where ever you are to Australia.
>> Regards
>> Richard
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>> On 24 Apr 2022, at 23:00, Jon <jlo at ludd.ltu.se> wrote:
>>> 
>>> o;?
>>> Hello,
>>> 
>>> See below for my reply:
>>> 
>>>> On Sun, 24 Apr 2022 at 13:40, Plamen Mihaylov <plamenspam at afterpeople.com <mailto:plamenspam at afterpeople.com>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>    Just found tape numbers:
>>> 
>>>    SPARCengine 1E SunOS 4.1e Sun-4e SUNBIN
>>>    1/4" Tape (boot format, QIC24), 1 of 1
>>>    Part Number: 700-8030-02 Rev. A
>>> 
>>>    SPARCengine 1E 4.1E-GFX Rev. 1 Sun-4E SUNBIN
>>>    1/4" Tape (boot format, QIC24), 1 of 1
>>>    Part Number: 700-8037-10 Rev. A
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I just went rummaging through my cache of old Sun stuff because I suddenly remembered I might have some SPARCengine QIC tapes, and lo and behold this is what I found:
>>> 
>>> SPARCengine 1E 4.1-GFX Rev.1 Sun-4E SUNBIN
>>> 1/4" Tape (extract_unbundled format, QIC11), 1 of 1
>>> Part number: 700-8037-10 Rev.C
>>> 
>>> Would this be useful for anyone?
>>> 
>>> Beware I have no idea if this is still readable.
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Jon
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> Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
> New Kensington, PA
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