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Old Jun 21, 2009 | 1:16 pm
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I think it would prob. be cheaper to just get a used tape drive (from ebay, etc) that's compatible with the tapes you have...

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Originally Posted by pred02
Hi,
I found some old tapes from the mid-1990s when I had a tape backup (QIC-3010-MC, QIC-40 type). I am wondering if there are services where I can send the tapes and have them burn the data to a CD/DVD. It should be more than 1 DVDs worth of data, nonetheless going forward these tapes will degenerate and I do not longer have the tape backup drives.
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