Hello again guys, I found a tape searching in my stuff and I want to read it and find out what can be inside stored (in case it was something! xD) When I saw it the first time I thought this would be a video tape just like the old 8mm and hi8 Sony cams... But not, it is a data tape. For store data i suppose. Is better an image, there is: I was wondering what kind of data coul be inside, so how can i try to read it?... I mean, wich kind of hardware I would need? It is a SONY 8mm data cartridge. I hope you can help me with this, please. Thank you so much! Edit: I link to another image:
You'd be looking for the Sony SDX series of readers something like Sony SDX-500C (AIT-2 or AIT130) Sony SDX-500V (AIT-2) Sony SDX-700C (AIT-3 or AIT260) Sony SDX-700V (AIT-3) Sony SDX-800V (AIT-3Ex) Sony SDX-900V (AIT-4) Sony SDX-1100 (AIT-5) here's a page with some for sale
First of all, thank you very much for the info, you are very kind. I have still some doubts, because i think my tape are in DDS format, presumably recorded in 1994/5, and the units you posted work with what seems to be modern AIT tapes. Are you sure they compatible with DDS tapes? I was thinking in one like this maybe could work and read the tape: http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-PLI-SONY-SDT-5000-DDS-2-EXT-TAPE-DRIVE-KIT-MAC-IBM-/360202475846 It seems be compatible with more formats... By the way, I got some info that they maybe work on SUN/SOLARIS SPARC environment... any clue regarding this or some important info about?? Thanks again!
It's neither. It says right on the tape that it's Data8 (D8) format. That's usually used by Exabyte machines, as they invented the format. DDS isn't even 8mm tape.
Right, it's an 8mm tape, alike the tapes used in (digital-) video cams. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_8 According to the table in the wiki entry it could be important which tape drive it was recorded on. Your tape is 112 meters in length, so you should chose a tape drive that can deal with the possible amount of data that was recorded on it (2,4 GB / 5 GB / or unknown?). Maybe a later model that marked with "RO" read only is more compatible.
Hi guys... Well, from the info I gathered across the internet, seems that the only available tape-driver is the Exabyte 8500 (8200 models being almost extinct). There are some differences between exabyte 8500 and exabyte 8500c, seems the 8500c can write 8500 and 8200 tapes but it can't read them...so.... maybe the only option is EXB 8500 Here there's a webpage that deals with it: http://www-esd.fnal.gov/esd/catalog/main/exabyte/8500-spec.htm what do you people think? can the EXB8500 be the right one for the job??
Well, it could be a few Exabytes, or even something based on D8 but proprietary. I'm fairly sure I have a few different Exabyte drives - can't for the life of me remember what they are, though.
Somebody suggest me this unit: http://cgi.ebay.fr/Exabyte-270001-2...61?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_71&hash=item19c633caf5 It seems the suitable one, right?
