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From: Curt Vendel <curt.vendel=user domain=legacyengineer pot calm>
Subject: Is There a Way to Read Old 9-Track GDSII onto a Modern Computer?

Hi John,

Got an interesting one to ask you...  I am sitting on numerous legacy
chip designs from the 80's.  These are GDSII files stored on 9-track reel
to real tapes.  I own several 9-track tape drives.  I use them for reading
out various backups of VAX/VMS, Data General and other obsolete systems.

Is there any DOS, Win, or Unix/Linux CAD or GDS2 program out there that
will read from a GDSII tape backup?  I would really like to get these chip
designs off of these tapes, but without the proper application that can
do this, I'm at a standstill.

Thanks in advance for any help/suggestions.

    - Curt Vendel
      Atari Historical Society                   New York, NY

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