[rescue] Getting QIC tapes images

[Michael Thompson]

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> Date: Thu, 14 May 2026 06:42:52 -0700
> From: Alan Perry <alanp at snowmoose.com>
> Subject: [rescue] Getting QIC tapes images
>
> I seem to have found a working combination of drive and replacement's
> bands to be able to get images of the dozens of Computervision install
> tapes that I have.
>
> They are QIC-24 from the late 80s and aren’t in the “collection of tar
> files” format that I usually use mt fsf and dd to read. Each tape starts
> with a file with a “tapedir” record with permission and other stuff,
> followed by a bunch of records that look like a number followed by a topic
> or title. What am I looking at and what do I use to get the info off of the
> tape?
>
> alan
>

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Michael Thompson
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