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<p>yes I don't know much about this topic, or have used a QIC tape
drive extensively. I appreciate your write-up. Someone had pointed
me to <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="mailto:bear@typewritten.org">bear@typewritten.org</a> as
"the man" for QIC tape revival, but I didn't gotten a response
when I sent an email a few months back.</p>
<p>I will look into the cctalk mailing list, thanks for pointing
that out. </p>
<p>Thanks,</p>
Cameron
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<div>Just be very careful before you go down this road. There is
more to this than just finding someone with an operational
streamer. These old tapes very likely have bad drive bands as
they are now decades old. It's been an issue everyone is
having with these old cartridges...As an initial health test,
if you spin the drive wheel on the cartridge, can you see the
tape move freely? If there is resistance then the drive band
is likely glued to the oxide layer which is bad news and will
likely snap as soon as your steamer tries to read it.
Don't force it!. Hopefully it's been re-wound and the oxide
data layer isn't in contact with the band. Even if it moves
freely there is no guarantee that it will survive the transfer
without snapping and creating a big tape salad in your
cartridge. You might also want to ask someone in the cctalk
mailing list who has more advanced techniques than using a
plain QIC streamer. Some folks have used techniques, such as
baking the tapes in the oven and replacing the old drive bands
with plasti-bands. Both have risks. </div>
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11:40 AM Cameron Kelly via rescue <<a
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I’m based in Canada. I’d have to check what the costs are to
ship, I don’t think it’ll be too expensive to ship over if
it’s a small packet.<br>
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Thanks,<br>
Cameron<br>
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> On Dec 3, 2024, at 2:31 PM, Patrik Schindler via rescue
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> Hello,<br>
> <br>
> I do have drives and willing to help, but where are you
located? I'm in Germany.<br>
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>> Am 03.12.2024 um 19:55 schrieb Cameron Kelly via
rescue <<a href="mailto:rescue@sunhelp.org" target="_blank"
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>> Hello everyone,<br>
>> <br>
>> I have a QIC DC6150 tape that I'm looking to get the
contents off of and archive, and am wondering if anyone here
would be willing to offer the service, or know of anyone who
does. I have a drive of my own but I've been advised to let
someone who knows what they are doing, do it, since I don't
have any experience using them.<br>
>> <br>
>> The tape in question is an interesting CorelDraw for
UNIX tape that I found at a thrift store earlier in the year
and there doesn't seem to be any dump of it online.<br>
>> <br>
>> Thanks,<br>
>> <br>
>> Cameron<br>
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> :wq! PoC<br>
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