>>>>  Please read the confidentiality statement below  <<<<

<<<Do we need to spend tens of thousands of dollars to get this
back...>>>

I can see where you wouldn't be wild about configuring a new system to
run the old database.  But can you find a vendor with the hardware and
software that would be able to restore your data from backup, then
download it to data files that could be uploaded into a modern system?
In other words, restore, then migrate.

Gary L. Grieme
Records Manager
(612) 349-8538
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