Might be worth them contacting FX Copyroom.
https://www.fxgroup.net/copyroom/restoration/ but I don't know if they can
do that format.

Richard

On Fri, 18 Dec 2020 at 21:58, Lou Judson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> That looks a mess!
>
> MY experience with Retrospect back in the 1990s was that we never were
> able to recover full pork=jects even with perfect Das tapes.
>
> Best luck to whomever inherits this. Richard is correct abotu the analog
> being the best archive… if they doscarded them, woe.
>
> <L>
> Lou Judson
> Intuitive Audio
> 415-883-2689
>
> > On Dec 18, 2020, at 1:24 PM, Richard L. Hess <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > These contain a "Retrospect" backup of all the files of a multitrack
> recording project. The flood occurred 20 years ago and the original 2-inch
> reel tapes were deemed unsalvageable at that time and are no longer
> available. These DDS-2 tapes are the only surviving copy (if they have
> survived). I have filed two pictures of one of the cassettes here:
> >
> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/cavy7n84u8jlpgq/AAAazS7cHhPw3n7OdFwrw8Zla?dl=0
> <https://www.dropbox.com/sh/cavy7n84u8jlpgq/AAAazS7cHhPw3n7OdFwrw8Zla?dl=0
> >
>