MM/PC Applications: System Upgrades and Tape Conversion Tools

Computers eventually reach the end of their useful life, and this can often means 100s or 1000s of tapes that are no longer compatible with the new computer system. MMPC can be used to read, and if relevant convert these tapes to a new compatible format.

Tape conversion may be required for two reasons:

To do a single upgrade from the old system to the new

To keeps existing backup tapes, and recover data as required over the next few years

Programs such as MMPC are required because not many systems provide compatible system interchange tape formats. An NT system can not read an IBM labelled tape, or a Unix tape, and it would be difficult to restore a PC backup tape on an HP system.

Every system has it's own structure of tape, but MMPC can bridge the gaps, and provided there is a suitable hardware tape drive (SCSI), it can probably read the tape in a logical way. It is a powerful migration tool.

Reading is often only the start, but MMPC has an optional feature of a Record Reformatter, which can process packed fields, as well as most date format fields, and many other powerful manipulation tools to make a file suitable for typical PC use.

Brief features of MMPC:

Reads tapes with any logical tape format

Retains original filenames

Handles all types of tape

ASCII/EBCDIC conversion

Over 50 logical tape formats converted

All SCSI tape drives handled, eg Exabyte, DAT etc

Works on 95/98/NT4.0

Records can be restructured as required, included packed fields

Full customer support

Free fully functional 30 day demo package can be downloaded

eMag Solutions
(formerly InterMedia)

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United Kingdom

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