Getting data from GA A200 XL R91 DAT tape

#1

I'm trying to help a client out. I'm an applications software guy and
my client's hardware support company has dropped the ball on their
hardware maintainence contract and my customer is now down. They are
running a GA A200 XL with a SCSI DAT tape. R91 v8.4.7.

Their hardware support company doesn't appear to be able to resolve
their hardware issues so they need to get their programs and data off
of their backup tapes.

Does anyone know of anyone with an old A200 in their garage or even in
use? We've got the means to export the data if we can just get to a
machine that can restore it.

Does RD have anything that will read this tape assuming we can find a
system with a compatable drive? (I've already posed this question to
RD and haven't gotten a response.)

Would UV or UDT be able to read it? My guess is no.

Am I correct in believing that the R91 tape format is significantly
different than R83 tape format?

Many thanks in advance,

Allen Highnote

#2

Here's a feather for RD. Got a response and they think they can help!
But all other replys are welcome.

Allen

allen90803 wrote:

Quote:

I'm trying to help a client out. I'm an applications software guy and
my client's hardware support company has dropped the ball on their
hardware maintainence contract and my customer is now down. They are
running a GA A200 XL with a SCSI DAT tape. R91 v8.4.7.

Their hardware support company doesn't appear to be able to resolve
their hardware issues so they need to get their programs and data off
of their backup tapes.

Does anyone know of anyone with an old A200 in their garage or even in
use? We've got the means to export the data if we can just get to a
machine that can restore it.

Does RD have anything that will read this tape assuming we can find a
system with a compatable drive? (I've already posed this question to
RD and haven't gotten a response.)

Would UV or UDT be able to read it? My guess is no.

Am I correct in believing that the R91 tape format is significantly
different than R83 tape format?

Many thanks in advance,

Allen Highnote

#3

Allen, I'm glad RD contacted you. I think they do have an A200, so
good luck there. Don't be surprised if they ask you for a conversion
fee however. We're all in business to make money and their time is
work as much as ours... well, almost.

Check with GA Services too - ask for Sherwood King.
http :// gasllc dotttt com

Reminds me that I have some code I'd like to extract from an old 1/4"
tape that was generated on a GA Zebra (1750? 5820?). Considering age
and the elements I'm guessing it's toast.

T

"allen90803" <allenhighnote (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

Quote:

Here's a feather for RD. Got a response and they think they can help!
But all other replys are welcome.

Allen

allen90803 wrote:
I'm trying to help a client out. I'm an applications software guy and
my client's hardware support company has dropped the ball on their
hardware maintainence contract and my customer is now down. They are
running a GA A200 XL with a SCSI DAT tape. R91 v8.4.7.

Their hardware support company doesn't appear to be able to resolve
their hardware issues so they need to get their programs and data off
of their backup tapes.

Does anyone know of anyone with an old A200 in their garage or even in
use? We've got the means to export the data if we can just get to a
machine that can restore it.

Does RD have anything that will read this tape assuming we can find a
system with a compatable drive? (I've already posed this question to
RD and haven't gotten a response.)

Would UV or UDT be able to read it? My guess is no.

Am I correct in believing that the R91 tape format is significantly
different than R83 tape format?

Many thanks in advance,

Allen Highnote

#4

Hey Tony,
I have a 1/4" Tandberg hooked to my Power95 system that could just possibly read a GA Zebra R83 SCT, 3.3 or 3.8, we could give it a spin, but not sure if I can read DC300XLP's or DC600A's on itr ;-)
If I had caught this post earlier I couls probably have read the R91 A200 tape on one of my DDS2 tape drives, plus I still have an HP35480A DDS1 drive that came from an R91 A200 sometime in the past !
You've got my number if you want to make contact on this one.
Regards, Brian.

Tony Gravagno wrote:

Quote:

Allen, I'm glad RD contacted you. I think they do have an A200, so
good luck there. Don't be surprised if they ask you for a conversion
fee however. We're all in business to make money and their time is
work as much as ours... well, almost.

Check with GA Services too - ask for Sherwood King.
http :// gasllc dotttt com

Reminds me that I have some code I'd like to extract from an old 1/4"
tape that was generated on a GA Zebra (1750? 5820?). Considering age
and the elements I'm guessing it's toast.

T

"allen90803" <allenhighnote (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

Here's a feather for RD. Got a response and they think they can help!
But all other replys are welcome.

Allen

allen90803 wrote:

I'm trying to help a client out. I'm an applications software guy and
my client's hardware support company has dropped the ball on their
hardware maintainence contract and my customer is now down. They are
running a GA A200 XL with a SCSI DAT tape. R91 v8.4.7.

Their hardware support company doesn't appear to be able to resolve
their hardware issues so they need to get their programs and data off
of their backup tapes.

Does anyone know of anyone with an old A200 in their garage or even in
use? We've got the means to export the data if we can just get to a
machine that can restore it.

Does RD have anything that will read this tape assuming we can find a
system with a compatable drive? (I've already posed this question to
RD and haven't gotten a response.)

Would UV or UDT be able to read it? My guess is no.

Am I correct in believing that the R91 tape format is significantly
different than R83 tape format?

Many thanks in advance,

Allen Highnote

#5

Thanks Brian! The Zebra 1750 tape(s) might be GA 3.2, dunno - would
be real fun to see what's on them. Yes, probably vintage DC600A's...
I'll dig these out of the garage and call whenever I find them. Hell,
I'd look for any excuse to say Hi again!

(I'm not getting out
much these days and haven't even seen Mark in a couple months.)

I don't suppose you or anyone else can read old 1/2" tapes from the
same era?

My best,
T

Brian Coles wrote:

Quote:

Hey Tony,
I have a 1/4" Tandberg hooked to my Power95 system that could just possibly read a GA Zebra R83 SCT, 3.3 or 3.8, we could give it a spin, but not sure if I can read DC300XLP's or DC600A's on itr ;-)
If I had caught this post earlier I couls probably have read the R91 A200 tape on one of my DDS2 tape drives, plus I still have an HP35480A DDS1 drive that came from an R91 A200 sometime in the past !
You've got my number if you want to make contact on this one.
Regards, Brian.

Tony Gravagno wrote:
Allen, I'm glad RD contacted you. I think they do have an A200, so
good luck there. Don't be surprised if they ask you for a conversion
fee however. We're all in business to make money and their time is
work as much as ours... well, almost.

Check with GA Services too - ask for Sherwood King.
http :// gasllc dotttt com

Reminds me that I have some code I'd like to extract from an old 1/4"
tape that was generated on a GA Zebra (1750? 5820?). Considering age
and the elements I'm guessing it's toast.

T

"allen90803" <allenhighnote (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

Here's a feather for RD. Got a response and they think they can help!
But all other replys are welcome.

Allen

allen90803 wrote:

I'm trying to help a client out. I'm an applications software guy and
my client's hardware support company has dropped the ball on their
hardware maintainence contract and my customer is now down. They are
running a GA A200 XL with a SCSI DAT tape. R91 v8.4.7.

Their hardware support company doesn't appear to be able to resolve
their hardware issues so they need to get their programs and data off
of their backup tapes.

Does anyone know of anyone with an old A200 in their garage or even in
use? We've got the means to export the data if we can just get to a
machine that can restore it.

Does RD have anything that will read this tape assuming we can find a
system with a compatable drive? (I've already posed this question to
RD and haven't gotten a response.)

Would UV or UDT be able to read it? My guess is no.

Am I correct in believing that the R91 tape format is significantly
different than R83 tape format?

Many thanks in advance,

Allen Highnote

#6

Nope, can't read old 1/2" tapes anymore, BUT I can still prepare them !
In my museum I still have an old IBM punch/cutter for trimming the end with an arc so the autoloader will pick it up with the least amount of suction !
Dust off those 4 or 9 track serpentine beasts, let's have at them !
I don't get out much anymore either, hell I never did !
Whose does now, except for an occasional Angels game at Anaheim Stadium !
That's just not cricket, is it ?

Tony Gravagno wrote:

Quote:

Thanks Brian! The Zebra 1750 tape(s) might be GA 3.2, dunno - would
be real fun to see what's on them. Yes, probably vintage DC600A's...
I'll dig these out of the garage and call whenever I find them. Hell,
I'd look for any excuse to say Hi again!

(I'm not getting out
much these days and haven't even seen Mark in a couple months.)

I don't suppose you or anyone else can read old 1/2" tapes from the
same era?

My best,
T

Brian Coles wrote:

Hey Tony,
I have a 1/4" Tandberg hooked to my Power95 system that could just possibly read a GA Zebra R83 SCT, 3.3 or 3.8, we could give it a spin, but not sure if I can read DC300XLP's or DC600A's on itr ;-)
If I had caught this post earlier I couls probably have read the R91 A200 tape on one of my DDS2 tape drives, plus I still have an HP35480A DDS1 drive that came from an R91 A200 sometime in the past !
You've got my number if you want to make contact on this one.
Regards, Brian.

Tony Gravagno wrote:

Allen, I'm glad RD contacted you. I think they do have an A200, so
good luck there. Don't be surprised if they ask you for a conversion
fee however. We're all in business to make money and their time is
work as much as ours... well, almost.

Check with GA Services too - ask for Sherwood King.
http :// gasllc dotttt com

Reminds me that I have some code I'd like to extract from an old 1/4"
tape that was generated on a GA Zebra (1750? 5820?). Considering age
and the elements I'm guessing it's toast.

T

"allen90803" <allenhighnote (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

Here's a feather for RD. Got a response and they think they can help!
But all other replys are welcome.

Allen

allen90803 wrote:

I'm trying to help a client out. I'm an applications software guy and
my client's hardware support company has dropped the ball on their
hardware maintainence contract and my customer is now down. They are
running a GA A200 XL with a SCSI DAT tape. R91 v8.4.7.

Their hardware support company doesn't appear to be able to resolve
their hardware issues so they need to get their programs and data off
of their backup tapes.

Does anyone know of anyone with an old A200 in their garage or even in
use? We've got the means to export the data if we can just get to a
machine that can restore it.

Does RD have anything that will read this tape assuming we can find a
system with a compatable drive? (I've already posed this question to
RD and haven't gotten a response.)

Would UV or UDT be able to read it? My guess is no.

Am I correct in believing that the R91 tape format is significantly
different than R83 tape format?

Many thanks in advance,

Allen Highnote

#7

I'll bet Tim Nichols of Aztec Computer Services (510- 633-1110) has a tape
drive in his bone yard that can read 1/2" tapes. Then the question becomes
whether the tapes are still good.

"Tony Gravagno" <g6q3x9lu53001 (AT) sneakemail (DOT) com.invalid> wrote

Quote:

Thanks Brian! The Zebra 1750 tape(s) might be GA 3.2, dunno - would
be real fun to see what's on them. Yes, probably vintage DC600A's...
I'll dig these out of the garage and call whenever I find them. Hell,
I'd look for any excuse to say Hi again!

(I'm not getting out
much these days and haven't even seen Mark in a couple months.)

I don't suppose you or anyone else can read old 1/2" tapes from the
same era?

My best,
T

Brian Coles wrote:

Hey Tony,
I have a 1/4" Tandberg hooked to my Power95 system that could just
possibly read a GA Zebra R83 SCT, 3.3 or 3.8, we could give it a spin, but

not sure if I can read DC300XLP's or DC600A's on itr ;-)

Quote:

If I had caught this post earlier I couls probably have read the R91 A200
tape on one of my DDS2 tape drives, plus I still have an HP35480A DDS1 drive

that came from an R91 A200 sometime in the past !

Quote:

You've got my number if you want to make contact on this one.
Regards, Brian.

Tony Gravagno wrote:
Allen, I'm glad RD contacted you. I think they do have an A200, so
good luck there. Don't be surprised if they ask you for a conversion
fee however. We're all in business to make money and their time is
work as much as ours... well, almost.

Check with GA Services too - ask for Sherwood King.
http :// gasllc dotttt com

Reminds me that I have some code I'd like to extract from an old 1/4"
tape that was generated on a GA Zebra (1750? 5820?). Considering age
and the elements I'm guessing it's toast.

T

"allen90803" <allenhighnote (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

Here's a feather for RD. Got a response and they think they can help!
But all other replys are welcome.

Allen

allen90803 wrote:

I'm trying to help a client out. I'm an applications software guy and
my client's hardware support company has dropped the ball on their
hardware maintainence contract and my customer is now down. They are
running a GA A200 XL with a SCSI DAT tape. R91 v8.4.7.

Their hardware support company doesn't appear to be able to resolve
their hardware issues so they need to get their programs and data off
of their backup tapes.

Does anyone know of anyone with an old A200 in their garage or even in
use? We've got the means to export the data if we can just get to a
machine that can restore it.

Does RD have anything that will read this tape assuming we can find a
system with a compatable drive? (I've already posed this question to
RD and haven't gotten a response.)

Would UV or UDT be able to read it? My guess is no.

Am I correct in believing that the R91 tape format is significantly
different than R83 tape format?

Many thanks in advance,

Allen Highnote

#8

Tone:

Are you talking about half inch tapes from a GA system? If not, from
what?

Henry

Tony Gravagno wrote:

Quote:

Thanks Brian! The Zebra 1750 tape(s) might be GA 3.2, dunno - would
be real fun to see what's on them. Yes, probably vintage DC600A's...
I'll dig these out of the garage and call whenever I find them. Hell,
I'd look for any excuse to say Hi again!

(I'm not getting out
much these days and haven't even seen Mark in a couple months.)

I don't suppose you or anyone else can read old 1/2" tapes from the
same era?

My best,
T

Brian Coles wrote:

Hey Tony,
I have a 1/4" Tandberg hooked to my Power95 system that could just possibly read a GA Zebra R83 SCT, 3.3 or 3.8, we could give it a spin, but not sure if I can read DC300XLP's or DC600A's on itr ;-)
If I had caught this post earlier I couls probably have read the R91 A200 tape on one of my DDS2 tape drives, plus I still have an HP35480A DDS1 drive that came from an R91 A200 sometime in the past !
You've got my number if you want to make contact on this one.
Regards, Brian.

Tony Gravagno wrote:
Allen, I'm glad RD contacted you. I think they do have an A200, so
good luck there. Don't be surprised if they ask you for a conversion
fee however. We're all in business to make money and their time is
work as much as ours... well, almost.

Check with GA Services too - ask for Sherwood King.
http :// gasllc dotttt com

Reminds me that I have some code I'd like to extract from an old 1/4"
tape that was generated on a GA Zebra (1750? 5820?). Considering age
and the elements I'm guessing it's toast.

T

"allen90803" <allenhighnote (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

Here's a feather for RD. Got a response and they think they can help!
But all other replys are welcome.

Allen

allen90803 wrote:

I'm trying to help a client out. I'm an applications software guy and
my client's hardware support company has dropped the ball on their
hardware maintainence contract and my customer is now down. They are
running a GA A200 XL with a SCSI DAT tape. R91 v8.4.7.

Their hardware support company doesn't appear to be able to resolve
their hardware issues so they need to get their programs and data off
of their backup tapes.

Does anyone know of anyone with an old A200 in their garage or even in
use? We've got the means to export the data if we can just get to a
machine that can restore it.

Does RD have anything that will read this tape assuming we can find a
system with a compatable drive? (I've already posed this question to
RD and haven't gotten a response.)

Would UV or UDT be able to read it? My guess is no.

Am I correct in believing that the R91 tape format is significantly
different than R83 tape format?

Many thanks in advance,

Allen Highnote

#9

I don't know anymore. I generated these things over 15 years ago and
now I can't even find them. Thanks for the responses everyone, please
hold further responses and generous offerings of assistance until I
get my hands on the media.

Regards,
T

hbkeultjes (AT) gmail (DOT) com wrote:

Quote:

Tone:

Are you talking about half inch tapes from a GA system? If not, from
what?

Henry

Tony Gravagno wrote:
Thanks Brian! The Zebra 1750 tape(s) might be GA 3.2, dunno - would
be real fun to see what's on them. Yes, probably vintage DC600A's...
I'll dig these out of the garage and call whenever I find them. Hell,
I'd look for any excuse to say Hi again!

(I'm not getting out
much these days and haven't even seen Mark in a couple months.)

I don't suppose you or anyone else can read old 1/2" tapes from the
same era?

My best,
T

Brian Coles wrote:

Hey Tony,
I have a 1/4" Tandberg hooked to my Power95 system that could just possibly read a GA Zebra R83 SCT, 3.3 or 3.8, we could give it a spin, but not sure if I can read DC300XLP's or DC600A's on itr ;-)
If I had caught this post earlier I couls probably have read the R91 A200 tape on one of my DDS2 tape drives, plus I still have an HP35480A DDS1 drive that came from an R91 A200 sometime in the past !
You've got my number if you want to make contact on this one.
Regards, Brian.

Tony Gravagno wrote:
Allen, I'm glad RD contacted you. I think they do have an A200, so
good luck there. Don't be surprised if they ask you for a conversion
fee however. We're all in business to make money and their time is
work as much as ours... well, almost.

Check with GA Services too - ask for Sherwood King.
http :// gasllc dotttt com

Reminds me that I have some code I'd like to extract from an old 1/4"
tape that was generated on a GA Zebra (1750? 5820?). Considering age
and the elements I'm guessing it's toast.

T

"allen90803" <allenhighnote (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

Here's a feather for RD. Got a response and they think they can help!
But all other replys are welcome.

Allen

allen90803 wrote:

I'm trying to help a client out. I'm an applications software guy and
my client's hardware support company has dropped the ball on their
hardware maintainence contract and my customer is now down. They are
running a GA A200 XL with a SCSI DAT tape. R91 v8.4.7.

Their hardware support company doesn't appear to be able to resolve
their hardware issues so they need to get their programs and data off
of their backup tapes.

Does anyone know of anyone with an old A200 in their garage or even in
use? We've got the means to export the data if we can just get to a
machine that can restore it.

Does RD have anything that will read this tape assuming we can find a
system with a compatable drive? (I've already posed this question to
RD and haven't gotten a response.)

Would UV or UDT be able to read it? My guess is no.

Am I correct in believing that the R91 tape format is significantly
different than R83 tape format?

Many thanks in advance,

Allen Highnote

#10

Tony Gravagno <g6q3x9lu53001 (AT) sneakemail (DOT) com.invalid> wrote in
news:e1dr92h0kd3lelrh501o5jp69b0verej9n (AT) 4ax (DOT) com:

Quote:

Allen, I'm glad RD contacted you. I think they do have an A200, so
good luck there. Don't be surprised if they ask you for a conversion
fee however. We're all in business to make money and their time is
work as much as ours... well, almost.

Check with GA Services too - ask for Sherwood King.
http :// gasllc dotttt com

Reminds me that I have some code I'd like to extract from an old 1/4"
tape that was generated on a GA Zebra (1750? 5820?). Considering age
and the elements I'm guessing it's toast.

T

"allen90803" <allenhighnote (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

Here's a feather for RD. Got a response and they think they can help!
But all other replys are welcome.

Allen

allen90803 wrote:
I'm trying to help a client out. I'm an applications software guy
and my client's hardware support company has dropped the ball on
their hardware maintainence contract and my customer is now down.
They are running a GA A200 XL with a SCSI DAT tape. R91 v8.4.7.

Their hardware support company doesn't appear to be able to resolve
their hardware issues so they need to get their programs and data
off of their backup tapes.

Does anyone know of anyone with an old A200 in their garage or even
in use? We've got the means to export the data if we can just get
to a machine that can restore it.

Does RD have anything that will read this tape assuming we can find
a system with a compatable drive? (I've already posed this question
to RD and haven't gotten a response.)

Would UV or UDT be able to read it? My guess is no.

Am I correct in believing that the R91 tape format is significantly
different than R83 tape format?

Many thanks in advance,

Allen Highnote

Hmmm.. I have a 1750 and a 3820 still sitting around. I wonder if they
will boot...

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