Xref: utzoo comp.os.vms:33046 comp.sys.dec:4620 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!ames!haven!umbc3!dave From: dave@umbc3.UMBC.EDU (David A Freeman) Newsgroups: comp.os.vms,comp.sys.dec Subject: Lost tk50 data Message-ID: <4585@umbc3.UMBC.EDU> Date: 30 Nov 90 18:53:57 GMT Reply-To: dave@umbc3.umbc.edu (David A Freeman) Organization: University of Maryland, Baltimore County Lines: 21 Hello, Has anyone ever been able to get info off a TK50 with a parity error at the begining of tape? (block 1) DEC says this is impossible but the person I spoke to didn't seem very well seasoned. I'm willing to open the tape and use a pair of scissors if necessary. Running vms 5.3-2. dave -- David Freeman Systems Programmer dave@umbc3.umbc.edu Univ Md Baltimore County dave@umbc !bitnet