Hiya all. I found 6 tapes from my old BBS and data and I want to restore the data from them. They are from 1992-1997 low density.

I remember backing up the data with colorado backup software. Anybody know if there is some modern tapedrive which can be used with USB to restore them?

Fingers crossed..

oP!

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On 27 Jan 2023, opicron said the following...

Hiya all. I found 6 tapes from my old BBS and data and I want to restore the data from them. They are from 1992-1997 low density.

I remember backing up the data with colorado backup software. Anybody
know if there is some modern tapedrive which can be used with USB to restore them?

Ooh jeesh that's a great find. Sadly I don't know of any such software, but I wish you good luck. I'm interested to know what you find on them =)

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On 27 Jan 2023, opicron said the following...

Hiya all. I found 6 tapes from my old BBS and data and I want to restore the data from them. They are from 1992-1997 low density.

I remember backing up the data with colorado backup software. Anybody
know if there is some modern tapedrive which can be used with USB to restore them?

Fingers crossed..

oP!

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10 years ago, I went through that same exercise and couldn't get my Colorado Backup software to run on windows. Part of it was the operating system. The other was getting windows to recognize the tape drive. I gave up. I'll follow this hoping someone can help!

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opicron wrote (2023-01-27):

Hiya all. I found 6 tapes from my old BBS and data and I want to restore the data from them. They are from 1992-1997 low density.

I remember backing up the data with colorado backup software. Anybody
know if there is some modern tapedrive which can be used with USB to restore them?

AFAIK there are no modern USB QIC-80 / DC-2120 drives. You have to find an old one. They usually connect to the floppy controller or parallel port. And then get some old software for reading it.
Or maybe you find someone or a retro computer club in your city that still have a working drive.

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I remember backing up the data with colorado backup software. Anybody know if there is some modern tapedrive which can be used with USB to restore them?

Ooh jeesh that's a great find. Sadly I don't know of any such software, bu wish you good luck. I'm interested to know what you find on them =)

Yeah no luck so far. I will definately add all files (if releases) to this board. And expect a filelist.txt somewhere.

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Fingers crossed..

10 years ago, I went through that same exercise and couldn't get my Colora Backup software to run on windows. Part of it was the operating system. T other was getting windows to recognize the tape drive. I gave up. I'll f this hoping someone can help!

Not going into that ;). I am now googling companies who restore old tapes. Only found one in US at the moment, quite far from EU. But if thats the only one I will contact them.

Or maybe I should donate them to some channel who does retro 486 hardware/software.

To be continued.

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AFAIK there are no modern USB QIC-80 / DC-2120 drives. You have to find an one. They usually connect to the floppy controller or parallel port. And t get some old software for reading it.
Or maybe you find someone or a retro computer club in your city that still a working drive.

Good idea, will use some googling skills :P. I so want to see if my old filebase is on there. All my MOD, S3M, HSC music, all my HPAVC. Maybe even my old users.dat from Remote Access.

*drool*

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Hiya all. I found 6 tapes from my old BBS and data and I want to restore the data from them. They are from 1992-1997 low density.

I may have a tape drive that will read them. I'll have to get it out to check the model. I've not actually used it, but the rubber rollers still appear to be rubber.. not mush. Choice of either floppy interface or the ISA card. Off hand I think its a TRAVAN..

ST

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Hello opicron!

** On Friday 27.01.23 - 22:40, opicron wrote to MeaTLoTioN:

I remember backing up the data with colorado backup software.
Anybody know if there is some modern tapedrive which can be used
with USB to restore them?

Yeah no luck so far. I will definately add all files (if releases) to this board. And expect a filelist.txt somewhere.

I have an original colorado internal (trakker 250) tape drive
that I never unwrapped.

So.. you have a working drive, but the software is not
cooperating?

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Yeah no luck so far. I will definately add all files (if releases) to board. And expect a filelist.txt somewhere.

I have an original colorado internal (trakker 250) tape drive
that I never unwrapped.

So.. you have a working drive, but the software is not
cooperating?

No drive, no software, with no luck so far I meant finding a solution ;).

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On 27 Jan 2023, opicron said the following...

Hiya all. I found 6 tapes from my old BBS and data and I want to restore the data from them. They are from 1992-1997 low density.

I remember backing up the data with colorado backup software. Anybody
know if there is some modern tapedrive which can be used with USB to restore them?

Fingers crossed..
oP!

Well If this was me I would make a virtual Machine install the OS that the software likes and pull the files out afterwards.

Most Hypervisors have the ability to allow pass through hardware so it should be possible to do.

I also would like to see what you come up with

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Quoting Opicron to All <=-

Hiya all. I found 6 tapes from my old BBS and data and I want to
restore the data from them. They are from 1992-1997 low density.
I remember backing up the data with colorado backup software. Anybody
know if there is some modern tapedrive which can be used with USB to restore them?

Not sure about the modern tape drive, but I still use a HP T1000
tape drive on my MSX6800 386SX to back up and restore files.

Not sure what kind of tapes you have, but someone with that type of
drive could surely restore them for you.

Cougar

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Quoting Ogg to Opicron <=-

10 years ago, I went through that same exercise and couldn't get my Colorado Backup software to run on windows. Part of it was the
operating system. The other was getting windows to recognize the tape drive. I gave up. I'll follow this hoping someone can help!

I mentioned to Op that I am still using an HP (Colorado) T1000 drive
to backup and restore files on my 386SX.

Not what you are looking for (assuming), but If they are T1000
tapes, I could restore them for you...

Cougar


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Quoting Opicron to Ogg <=-

Not going into that ;). I am now googling companies who restore old
tapes. Only found one in US at the moment, quite far from EU. But if
thats the only one I will contact them.
Or maybe I should donate them to some channel who does retro 486 hardware/software.
To be continued.

If they are Qwik80 T1000 compatible, send them to me and I'll
recover and send you the files.

Just offering.

Cougar

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Hello opicron!

I have an original colorado internal (trakker 250) tape
drive that I never unwrapped.

So.. you have a working drive, but the software is not
cooperating?

No drive, no software, with no luck so far I meant finding
a solution ;).

But the tapes WERE generated by a Colorado Trakker in the past?

Anyway.. sounds like you have some options to send the tapes to
some people here.

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Re: DC2120 tapes
By: opicron to All on Fri Jan 27 2023 05:50 pm

Hiya all. I found 6 tapes from my old BBS and data and I want to restore the data from them. They are from 1992-1997 low density.

I remember backing up the data with colorado backup software. Anybody know if there is some modern tapedrive which can be used with USB to restore them?

Fingers crossed..

This is exciting! I'm going to sit over here in the corner and watch this awesomness develop!

(also, i don't have the answer to the tape drive ?)

Cheers (taph)
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I may have a tape drive that will read them. I'll have to get it out to c the model. I've not actually used it, but the rubber rollers still appear rubber.. not mush. Choice of either floppy interface or the ISA card. Of hand I think its a TRAVAN..

Any chance you are located in the EU?

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Well If this was me I would make a virtual Machine install the OS that the software likes and pull the files out afterwards.
Most Hypervisors have the ability to allow pass through hardware so it sho be possible to do.
I also would like to see what you come up with

I wish I had the time for another hobby project to get this going. But probably I will forward the tapes to another party to get the files off. Not sure yet.

oP!

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If they are Qwik80 T1000 compatible, send them to me and I'll
recover and send you the files.

I am sure they are QIC80 tapes. Where are you located? EU here.

oP!

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So.. you have a working drive, but the software is not
cooperating?

No drive, no software, with no luck so far I meant finding
a solution ;).

But the tapes WERE generated by a Colorado Trakker in the past?

Yes, definately was using Colorado software back then.

oP!

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Hiya all. I found 6 tapes from my old BBS and data and I want to restor data from them. They are from 1992-1997 low density.

This is exciting! I'm going to sit over here in the corner and watch this awesomness develop!

The contents of the tapes are like a time capsule from my youth. That will be the price. If I find the time the way to get them might be the actual price ^^.

oP!

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Quoting Opicron to Cougar428 <=-

If they are Qwik80 T1000 compatible, send them to me and I'll
recover and send you the files.

I am sure they are QIC80 tapes. Where are you located? EU here.

Hi Op! Yeah, located in the US. I would be happy to do this for
you, but not sure of the cost of least expensive shipping. My HP
(Colorado) drive has never given me any problems reading or writing
tapes. Granted it is 30 years old, but it has been very reliable.
Just not fast B^).

I still run a DOS 6.22 386SX and a Pentium 60 with OS2 in my area.
It makes me happy to be able to use them to possibly help.

Let me know.

Cougar


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Any chance you are located in the EU?

Unfortunately no... I'm up over in Australia.

ST

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