>On Saturday, May 21st, 2016 at 19:29:11 +0100, Rod Smallwood wrote:
Further to my posts this morning I have one last hurdle to jump.
1. I have a VAX with a TK70 attached and a TQK70 controller.
2. The tape drive works just fine.
3. Also on the VAX I have the correct tape (.TAP) ima
On 22/05/2016 02:25, Paul Koning wrote:
On May 21, 2016, at 3:28 PM, Rod Smallwood
wrote:
Second point:
The RSTS install tape is just a bunch of files.
There's nothing requiring image copy to deal with funny file formats
No, that is not accurate. An install tape (for V
> On May 21, 2016, at 3:28 PM, Rod Smallwood
> wrote:
> Second point:
> The RSTS install tape is just a bunch of files.
> There's nothing requiring image copy to deal with funny file formats
No, that is not accurate. An install tape (for V9 or later) is a bootable tape
with
On 5/21/16 12:28 PM, Rod Smallwood wrote:
> Third Point
> There's no way to copy an image only files under any DEC operating system.
>
> Fourth Point
>
> If I had a RSTS system how would I make a backup copy of the install
> tape?
>
you would use TPC, and you can convert b
On 21/05/2016 19:56, Robert Jarratt wrote:
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From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Rod
Smallwood
Sent: 21 May 2016 19:29
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: The RSTS riddle.
Hi
Further to my posts this
> -Original Message-
> From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Rod
> Smallwood
> Sent: 21 May 2016 19:29
> To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
>
> Subject: The RSTS riddle.
>
> Hi
>
> Further to my p
Hi
Further to my posts this morning I have one last hurdle to jump.
1. I have a VAX with a TK70 attached and a TQK70 controller.
2. The tape drive works just fine.
3. Also on the VAX I have the correct tape (.TAP) image file for a
RSTS/E V10 install tape.
4. I would like to copy t
