reading old Sanyo/Icon file-save cartridge tape

[David Braithwaite]

I have a few back-up tapes (cartridge tapes) from an old Sanyo/Icon system - early 90s that I would like to have read and converted to another more modern medium so that I can try to port my old system to a Unidata  system.  Can anyone offer me any assistance in this endeavor - I used a SCSI Cartridge tape drive to create this file-save.

[ROBERT N]

I had to do something like this once and I ended up going to a GA dealer that still had the old equipment for support purposes. I think it was DATAWORKS (now EPICOR).

On Thu, Feb 23, 2023 at 12:07 PM David Braithwaite <dabrai...@gmail.com> wrote:

I have a few back-up tapes (cartridge tapes) from an old Sanyo/Icon system - early 90s that I would like to have read and converted to another more modern medium so that I can try to port my old system to a Unidata  system.  Can anyone offer me any assistance in this endeavor - I used a SCSI Cartridge tape drive to create this file-save.

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[Dick Thiot]

I think that you have two difficult challenges.  The first is finding hardware that can read the tape.  It doesn't have to be Sanyo/ICON, just a 1/4" cartridge.  The next challenge is whether tapes that old can even still be read.  Magnetic tapes deteriorate over time and I suspect that at a minimum you will get a lot of read errors if you can even read them at all.  Not even CD media is permanent although it has a longer life expectancy than magnetic tape.  From what I have read in controlled conditions you could expect 10-20 years from magnetic tapes.  I assume that those Sanyo/ICON tapes are older than 20 years since I haven't worked at Sanyo/ICON for over 30 years.

Dick Thiot

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[geneb]

On Fri, 24 Feb 2023, Dick Thiot wrote:

> I think that you have two difficult challenges. The first is finding
> hardware that can read the tape. It doesn't have to be Sanyo/ICON, just a
> 1/4" cartridge. The next challenge is whether tapes that old can even
> still be read. Magnetic tapes deteriorate over time and I suspect that at
> a minimum you will get a lot of read errors if you can even read them at
> all. Not even CD media is permanent although it has a longer life
> expectancy than magnetic tape. From what I have read in controlled
> conditions you could expect 10-20 years from magnetic tapes. I assume that
> those Sanyo/ICON tapes are older than 20 years since I haven't worked at
> Sanyo/ICON for over 30 years.
>

There are folks in the vintage computer community that are experts at
retrieving data from magnetic media. The most well known is a guy named
Chuck Guzis. I don't want to give out his email address without his
consent, but you should be able to reach him via the Vintage Computer
Federation forum.

(To the original poster: if you email me directly, I'll be happy to
forward your contact info on to Chuck. If teh googs mangles my email
address, it's com dot deltasoft at geneb. ;) )

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[David Braithwaite]

Thanks of the input Dick,

David

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[David Braithwaite]

Thanks,

David

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[Dick Thiot]

Vintage Computer Federation lists the following on the data recovery page:

Contact data DOT recovery AT vcfed DOT org to discuss how we can assist you with extracting valuable data from obsolete media.

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[David Braithwaite]

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[geneb]

On Fri, 24 Feb 2023, Dick Thiot wrote:

> Vintage Computer Federation lists the following on the data recovery page:
> Contact data DOT recovery AT vcfed DOT org to discuss how we can assist you
> with extracting valuable data from obsolete media.
>

...or do what I mentioned originally and post to the forum...

[ROBERT N]

That group sounds interesting. If that doesn't turn up anything, I would probably try Europe. I used to replace hard drive controllers of old failed Western Digital hard drives and the controllers were only available in Europe since they hold onto older equipment a little more than the US.

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[Steven Davies-Morris]

I bet dollars to donuts that Tom McTeer can help you.  Who here has a
way to contact him?

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