I can imagine how difficult this was to pull off. I came across some old Colorado tapes that had backups of BBS related stuff, files, etc. from 10 years ago. I figured I'd try to dump the data off of them using a Linux live CD only to find that Linux dropped floppy-interface tape drive support a long time ago. Next time around, I'll pull an ancient live CD version and get the data off before it goes the way of the Cray. Constantly migrate your data forward to avoid these hassles!