2 May
2015
2 May
'15
12:03 a.m.
Dave,
Good point about where the tapes might have come from. As far as your question about
making a tape image, I'm not sure that any of the standard RSX utilities will do
that.
The DECUS utility that was used to duplicate tapes was TPC and the later version
BIGTPC. It exists on various DECUS tapes but I'd be concerned that the wrong version
might replicate the problem we've seen.
It would be good to get Johnny's input on what to use to recover the tapes.
Good Luck!
Mark
On May 1, 2015, at 4:49 PM, Dave McGuire wrote:
I'm gonna try. Of course this assumes they they weren't written from
the corrupt images on trailing-edge.com! We will know soon enough.
My most reliable 9-track drive is on an RSX system. What's the best
way to make a raw tape image under RSX, anybody know?
-Dave
On 05/01/2015 05:41 PM, Mark Matlock wrote:
Dave,
That is fantastic news! It would be great if you can read them ok.
Thanks!
Mark
On May 1, 2015, at 3:34 PM, Dave McGuire wrote:
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
I have located 9-track install tapes of BP2 v2.7 and PDP-11 C v1.2 in
my tape library. They are not original tapes; the labels are
hand-written (not by me) so I don't know their status. I will attempt
to recover them in the coming days.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA