30 Dec
2021
30 Dec
'21
2:58 a.m.
I downloaded both images, but am only looking at BB-H240B-BM at the moment.
This appears to be a KL distribution as it has a rather sizeable
directory for building an MCB imagine for a DN20.? A DN20 requires a
DTE, which the KS does not have.? You'd need something to DMA Unibus to
Unibus and I'm not sure whether that was ever a thing. Sounds like a
great idea, if you ask me.
However, I don't think any of it will be useful.? Also, I can't quite
tell; it may be Phase III.? At least a document says as much.? Have a
look at VENTI2::H240B.LST, which is a listing of the DUMPER save sets
and VENTI2::DECNET.DOC, which is the initial documentation for the release.
How would you like to proceed?? Skip this and look at the second tape,
which appears to be a 2020 based distribution?
On 12/28/21 7:34 PM, Paul Koning wrote:
On Dec 28, 2021, at 5:11 PM, Thomas DeBellis
<tommytimesharing at gmail.com> wrote:
dir mta0: would only work for either a Tops-20 or ANSI labeled tape
with volume recognition on.? You're not doing that by assigning the
tape drive directly.
But they're probably not labeled; I don't recall that DEC shipped
this way.
If you let me know what tapes you're looking at, I can have a look
and give you some pointers or tips.
BB-H240B-BM.tap.gz
<http://www.bitsavers.org/bits/DEC/pdp10/magtape/dec_distribs/TOPS-20/BB-H240B-BM.tap.gz>?is
one, BB-H241B-BM.tap.gz
<http://www.bitsavers.org/bits/DEC/pdp10/magtape/dec_distribs/TOPS-20/BB-H241B-BM.tap.gz>?the
other. ?I'm not sure which is right. ?The description file
(labels_combined.txt
<http://www.bitsavers.org/bits/DEC/pdp10/magtape/dec_distribs/labels_combined.txt>)
has them listed as:
BB-H240B-BM ? ? ? ? DECNET-20 V2 DIST TAPE ?1980 ? ? _tops-20
BB-H241B-BM ? ? ? ? DECNET-20 2020 V2 DISTRIBUTION ?1980 ? ? _tops-20
paul