Post B7NpSKcZ6BOGxJPLdo by raymaccarthy@mastodon.ie
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 (DIR) Post #B7LhPDsIXLLNDLqyyu by MoritzGlantz@mastodon.social
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       Is there anybody who has a device that can read old QIC tapes?(cc @entropia)
       
 (DIR) Post #B7LhPE8Fa26W0pJiqW by masek@infosec.exchange
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       @MoritzGlantz @entropia A quest worthy of the bravest knight 🙂
       
 (DIR) Post #B7LhQtSLQKNWSyViy0 by MoritzGlantz@mastodon.social
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       @entropia Karlsruhe or close. Or shippable device. The question is: how can I connect this to a usb port? Might not be so easy..
       
 (DIR) Post #B7LlkAodVNPLcnO0qO by m_berberich@chaos.social
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       @MoritzGlantz @entropia Hmm, ich müßte irgendwo noch ein altes Laufwerk rumliegen haben, in externem Gehäuse.Ist aber SCSI und ich bekomme das nirgends angeschlossen.
       
 (DIR) Post #B7NpSJh8XhSA5CXU80 by raymaccarthy@mastodon.ie
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       @MoritzGlantz @entropia Later QIC drives used SCSI. There are still S/H SCSI controllers for PCIe (not cheap). Cheap original PCI non-RAID SCSI controllers are more common. A later SCSI QIC drive may not read a QIC 80 cartridge.you need a 28 track QIC80 drive. A QIC 40 drive won't work.A QIC 80 drive likely needs a Motherboard genuine floppy port. Likely a QIC117 type of drive.No chance of using USB.You need also the compatible or same software used to do the backup.
       
 (DIR) Post #B7NpSJyVV7Lcx4fMCe by TobiX@social.troll.academy
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       @raymaccarthy @MoritzGlantz @entropia The BlueSCSI has some USB bridge support, which might make this possible, but as soon as the device is not a HDD or CD-ROM, things get complicated...
       
 (DIR) Post #B7NpSKCgeOgrf3IgIy by raymaccarthy@mastodon.ie
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       @TobiX @MoritzGlantz @entropia The BlueSCSI is for things that have a SCSI port.As far as I can  see it's no use for SCSI peripherals. It's to replace SCSI peripherals!In any case I'd be amazed if any SCSI or IDE or USB QIC/Travan Drive can at all read a QIC80 / DC-2120 cartridge.Also you'll likely need a replacement belt inside the cartridge.
       
 (DIR) Post #B7NpSKOjvaKcGQwJ5k by TobiX@social.troll.academy
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       @raymaccarthy @MoritzGlantz @entropia BlueSCSI can act as a host in different scenarios, see https://bluescsi.com/docs/USB-Bridge and https://bluescsi.com/docs/Initiator-Mode - But I think it's still restricted to HDD and CD devices until someone implements more modes...
       
 (DIR) Post #B7NpSKcZ6BOGxJPLdo by raymaccarthy@mastodon.ie
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       @TobiX @MoritzGlantz @entropia And an 8mm SCSI Drive for 5GB+ tapes  won't read 1/4" (approx 6mm) 120M tapes.There is a USB drive for TR5 & TR4. TR5 tapes still sold.I'd not even spend money on TR1 drive 8mm (and I have a PC it would work in) without clearer evidence it can really read DC-2120 QIC80 1/4" (near 6 mm) cartridges. The fact it's the same format / modulation doesn't mean it's really backward compatible. I can't read 3" discs in a 3.5" drive even when same format.BlueSCSI no help.
       
 (DIR) Post #B7NpSKroBVaFiaXWOu by MoritzGlantz@mastodon.social
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       @raymaccarthy @TobiX @entropia It is so cool, that you all help me find options. But after all I’ve read I decided: I will just destroy them. The data to be retrieved is not that valuable and it is not even clear if there’s still something on these tapes, since they are from the  early 90s.Thank you all! I learned a lot and your help is highly appreciated!
       
 (DIR) Post #B7Nq3caNGlO7O2AFDE by raymaccarthy@mastodon.ie
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       @MoritzGlantz @TobiX @entropia Keep them if you have the space. You might someday get an old 486 with a QIC117 drive for QIC80 tapes for nearly nothing.