I have an HP 85051A 7mm verification kit with s-parameters on a tape cartridge (serial numbers written on the cartridge match those of the four devices.)
Is there any recommended way to retrieve the files and transcribe them to floppy, USB or just have them e-mailed? I don't have any analyzer or computer with compatible tape drive so I'm looking for someone that could do this on their own equipment.
Any pointers/recommendations appreciated!
Dave
Thanks Drew - sorry for the belated reply, but here's the info -
Kit SN (as written on the tape cartridge) 2340A00958
Component serial numbers (as referenced on the tape cartridge label)
F1 (85051-60001 20 dB attenuator) Serial Number 846
F2 (85051-60002 50 dB attenuator) Serial Number 824
F3 (85051-60005 10 cm air line) Serial Number 820
F4 (85051-60006 Beatty standard) Serial Number 808
All of the components in the kit appear to be original (there are no replacement component numbers cited on the tape cartridge label.) The components visually look undamaged and possibly unused or close to that (as does the wooden case), however, the foam inset was deformed so I removed that before it started contaminating the components.
I realize getting a floppy made would be a project effort, but if the data is still in a repository somewhere and could be copied to an e-mail or posted back here, that would be outstanding!
Thanks again,
Dave
For what you're asking, you need to find someone with an 8510B and an external 9122C floppy disk drive that still works. Only 8510A/B had tape drives, and I don't think the 8510A support external disk drive. They would have to load each tape file and save them to the external floppy disk.
I'm at the Roseville Service Center. We replaced our old network analyzers that supported tapes quite a while ago, so we don't have capability to transfer from tape to disk any longer.
But we have history on these kits going back quite a ways. Tell me the serial number of the kit and the part numbers and serial numbers on the devices and I might be able to look them up and produce a disk for the kit. I'll let you know if I can find the data and if it's available, you can set up a service request to get the disk made. We don't do this for free any more. It takes time.
If you only have tapes with the kit, that data could be 10 years old or more. Valid traceability would not apply on such old data unless you have periodic system verification data collected and analyzed to show consistency of those years. That doesn't sound like it's the case here. The standard process is just to get the kit recalibrated, which makes your traceability much more solid with an auditor.