> -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Paul > Koning > Sent: 02 April 2016 18:49 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > Subject: Re: DECmate II Questions > > > > On Apr 2, 2016, at 1:27 PM, Robert Jarratt <robert.jarr...@ntlworld.com> > wrote: > > > > I have been looking at my DECmate II recently. I got an Italian > > version of WPS 1.0 for it and that works fine, except that I don't > > have an Italian keyboard so finding some of the characters is a bit > > tricky. :) ... > > Any recommendations for how best to image RX50 diskettes? I want to > > preserve the diskettes I have. > > Are they the same format (80 tracks, 10 sectors, 512 bytes) as the RX50 on > PDP11s? If yes, you can either use a PDP11, or you can configure Linux to 10 > sector per track format and use dd. If the sector ordering is as strange as on > the PDP11, dd will get the data very much out of order, but it should all be > there. I can find the PDP11 interleave rules if you need them. >
I do have an 11/73 I might be able to press into service, although my first thought was a MicroVAX II with VMS and using backup/image. Not sure if that would work though? Ideally an image that I can then write back to "new" diskettes, or possibly use in SIMH (if it ever gets DECmate emulation of course). Regards Rob
