[SOLVED] How to retrieve old information from an old tape

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I still have a couple of TRAVAN minicartridges (3M TR-3; 1.6GB/3.2GB) which I have used in the stone age.
I wonder if there still exists any hardware (as well as software, for that matter) that is usable on a modern PC, to check what is still on it?

If anyone has an idea then thanks for letting me know.
 
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I still have a couple of TRAVAN minicartridges (3M TR-3; 1.6GB/3.2GB) which I have used in the stone age.
I wonder if there still exists any hardware (as well as software, for that matter) that is usable on a modern PC, to check what is still on it?

If anyone has an idea then thanks for letting me know.
As far as I remember, players for them were connected by SCSI interface so you would have to find an older PC with it or use an PCI/PCIe adapter which is not all certain it would work with properly and of course a drive for it Something like this
https://www.ebay.com/itm/265192793453?hash=item3dbeb8e56d:g:BjAAAOSw~W1gw3NC
Also might have to use some older Linux with support.
I still have a couple of TRAVAN minicartridges (3M TR-3; 1.6GB/3.2GB) which I have used in the stone age.
I wonder if there still exists any hardware (as well as software, for that matter) that is usable on a modern PC, to check what is still on it?

If anyone has an idea then thanks for letting me know.
As far as I remember, players for them were connected by SCSI interface so you would have to find an older PC with it or use an PCI/PCIe adapter which is not all certain it would work with properly and of course a drive for it Something like this
https://www.ebay.com/itm/265192793453?hash=item3dbeb8e56d:g:BjAAAOSw~W1gw3NC
Also might have to use some older Linux with support.
 
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