Fairlight-CMI

Hi Peter

There is a solution to the problem of future-proofing old series III files on old (revision 5) machines, however it requires a relatively extensive hardware upgrade. Once a system is upgraded to the "last" revision 9.34, very many SCSI devices of up to 4 Gbytes can be used as storage. One can then archive from streamer or 140 Mbyte hard disc onto 4 Gbyte hard drives, or even Compact Flash cards both of which cost only a few dollars each... 

Regards,

Peter Wielk

Horizontal Production in sunny Sydney
 
>
> Isn't this actually the same problem people have with their series I, II and IIx?
> Archiving sounds and data...............
> Replacing the drives with 3.5" ones is an option, but we could do WAY better. Come on guys, it's 2010, almost 2011.
> 
> The upgrade for the lightpen and monitor is fantastic. (Not that I need it, but surely in the future I or the next owner will be very happy with it.)
> 
> So, once again I call for help: "HELP". Please someone build a modern storage solution.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Peter Kersten. 
> 
> --------------------------------------------------
> Carpe Ductum ! - (Seize the tape !)
> 
> 
> From: Gordon JC Pearce 
> Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2010 8:54 AM
> To: Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com 
> Subject: RE: [Fairlight-CMI] What company brand is the streaming tape drive in the III?
> 
> 
>   
> On Thu, 2010-11-18 at 10:11 +0800, David Crocombe wrote:
> > Emulex was the controller / adapter board from SCSI to QUIC24.
> > My tape drive was an Archive with a QIC24 interface.
> > 
> > Be very careful about the tapes.
> > It may be a tape issue and not a drive issue.
> > Old data tapes can get the tape layer stuck together etc.
> > 
> > I've spoken to a data recovery place here in Australia.
> > They advise that they bake the tapes before data recovery to stop
> > oxide shedding. 
> > They also change the rubber drive band inside the data cartridge
> > itself before running it.
> > 
> > Regards, 
> > 
> > David Crocombe. 
> 
> This is a recurring theme on the Classic Computer mailing list, too ;-)
> 
> Check out the archives on http://www.classiccmp.org/lists.html and
> search back through them. It might be worth contacting some of the
> people on the list that have had problems with QIC tapes to see how they
> solved them.
> 
> Gordon MM0YEQ
>