Data Conversion and Migration Services
Quayle Consulting Inc. performs unique data services, including:
- Reading floppies and tapes for use on modern Windows, Mac, and Linux systems.
- Migrating customer data from legacy systems to virtual disks for use with the Charon emulators.
- Conversion of floating point data into open formats, such as IEEE 754.
- Conversion of VMS 64-bit date values into open formats.
- Conversion of RT-11 and other PDP-11 format floppies.
- Rebuild of boot sectors from improper OpenVMS backups.
Quayle Consulting can accept the following media:
Disks
- Floppy disks: 3.5 inch, 5-1/4 inch and 8 inch written by Windows, Unix, Linux, DOS, and OpenVMS
- Linux format and OpenVMS format CD-ROM and DVD
- 3.5 inch magneto-optical (MO) disk
- 8-bit and 16-bit StorageWorks disk units
- 50-pin and 68-pin SCSI disk without an enclosure
- SATA and IDE disks without an enclosure
Tapes:
- 9-track tape, including 800, 1600, and 6250 BPI
- DLT Tape formats: DLTape IV (DLT-IV), DLTape III (DLT-III)
- DEC Tape formats:
- TK50 (CompacTape)
- TK70 (CompacTape III)
- TZ30; TZ85; TZ86; TZ87
- 1/4 inch ("quarter inch") cartridge (DEC TZK10)
We cannot read:
- Apple Mac disks
- CP/M disks
- Disks that have "hard sectors', such as IBM word processor disks
Quotes are for disks and tapes created with standard backup utilities. Non-standard backup software will require research on a time-and-materials basis.
For more information or a free consultation, click on the button below to contact Quayle Consulting.