[cctalk] Re: MicroVAX 3100 ( was: Re: Re: VAX and OpenVMS)

On Dec 7, 2025, at 13:43, Wayne S <wayne.sudol(a)hotmail.com> wrote: Can you take the disk out and back it up on some other system? I’ve heard that taking apart a tk tape is problematic. I think bands stretch or break? Is the tape dirty or is the binder coming off? Sent from my iPhone >> On Dec 7, 2025, at 13:27, Antonio Carlini via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote: >> >> On 07/12/2025 20:27, Peter Ekstrom via cctalk wrote: >> I managed to reset the system password so now I can login as well. It runs >> pretty well. >> I tried to make a tape backup of what's on the disk but it seems all my >> tapes dirty-up >> the head of the tape drive. Anyone know of a way to clean an actual tape? >> Pull all the >> tape out and wipe it with a dry cloth? > > One option would be to create a SIMH VMS host, configure it to be in a cluster, configure your real HW uV3100 to be a satellite node (booting off a root on the SIMH host system disk), boot the uV3100 into the cluster, mount the uV3100 disk and back it up with BACKUP. > > That might be easier and quicker than cleaning a tape. > > > Antonio > > > -- > Antonio Carlini > antonio(a)acarlini.com >