[rescue] Looking for: SunOS 4.0.3e - SPARCEngine

[Richard]

Hello Jon

Yes shipping can take a while these days. Months are not uncommon. Best to pack well and send with tracking. When the time comes I might look at DHL or similar.

Let me know what else you may find.

Richard

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> On 25 Apr 2022, at 03:08, Jon <jlo at ludd.ltu.se> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I'm happy if shipping can be covered, and I'm very happy if the tape will find some use as I don't have any SPARCengine machine myself (my primary interest is Sun's Motorola machines but I'm very, very inactive at the moment..)
> 
> I will have a second look around to see if I might have another tape because I do seem to recall there were multiple SPARCengine tapes in a batch I received several years ago, but so far I could only find this one.
> I'm also extremely busy at the moment so it will probably be a few days before I can do a more thorough search, .
> 
> Beware that at least shipping from Australia to Sweden seems to be quite slow at this time.
> I waited for around one month for a package back in march; that was at least partly due to the very bad weather/flooding in NSW, but I'm waiting on a second package right now that is also closing in on 1 month in transit.
> 
> Cheers,
> Jon
> 
> 
>> On Sun, 24 Apr 2022 at 15:44, Richard <ejb at trick-1.net> wrote:
>> 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:
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> Hello,
>>> 
>>> See below for my reply:
>>> 
>>>> On Sun, 24 Apr 2022 at 13:40, Plamen Mihaylov <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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