> -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Jarratt [mailto:robert.jarr...@ntlworld.com] > Sent: 02 April 2016 19:50 > To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts' > <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > Subject: RE: DECmate II Questions > > > > > -----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). >
Sorry Paul, I just realised I didn't answer your question. Unfortunately I don't know, and the docs I got from Manx/BitSavers don't cover the RX50. Regards Rob
