From: Michael Engel <engel@numerik.math.uni-siegen.de>
Message-Id: <9708070839.AA04553@descartes.numerik.math.uni-siegen.de>
Subject: Re: George's PDP Tape in UK
To: wkt@henry.cs.adfa.oz.au (Warren Toomey)
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 1997 10:39:42 +0200 (MET DST)
Cc: oldunix@minnie.cs.adfa.oz.au, George.Coulouris@dcs.qmw.ac.uk
In-Reply-To: <199708062322.JAA03135@henry.cs.adfa.oz.au> from "Warren Toomey" at Aug 7, 97 09:22:07 am
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Hi,

it seems my mail didn`t come through last time ...

> 	Just got this back from George Coulouris in the UK. He's got an
> old tape with PDP-11 UNIX software on it which he'd like to read:
> 
>  * In article by George Coulouris:
>  * > Warren,
>  * > Thanks for your reply. I'd be happy to liase with anyone who is willing to
>  * > have a go at reading the tape.
>  * > George
> 
> [and later...]
> 
>  * Did anybody get back to you about reading that old PDP-11 tape, George??
> 
> No, I'm afraid not.
> 
> I have been told that there is a 9-track tape drive at another centre in
> London, but I haven't pursued it 'cos I was waiting for contact from your
> people.
> 
We have a TU81+ 9 track tape connected to a VMS Alpha here. So, if you send
me the tape, I will try to read it. Worked perfectly some months ago for a
10 yr. old tape from a DECsystem 10 ...

regards,
	Michael Engel	(engel@unix-ag.uni-siegen.de)