On 22 Jan, 17:00, Dan Rumney wrote:
I can't really help with the date conversion, but if part of the problem
is reading from the tape 6 times, then can't your just read the tape
once, in a raw format and lay the data down on some new tape or onto
some disk.

Then you can read and reread the data as often as you like, without
wearing out the original media

Dan

Thank, you, Dan.
I intend to do that, especially as I want to keep the original files
in the original format.

Jurek