21 Sep
2023
21 Sep
'23
6:34 p.m.
Seems like rather than going through MUSIC/SP it'd be easier to just fire
up VM/CE 1.2 (which is VM/370 r6) and use CMS TAPE (which is present)
directly from the CMS UI. You can probably attach the file you've got as a
tape device; not entirely sure Hercules will like the format, but it
wouldn't hurt to try.
Seems like it but it isn't. Tried that the last time the issue came up and it
didn't work. "CMS TAPE" format blocks are pretty much copies of CMS disk
blocks. They are most likely 1K, 2K (or maybe 4K? - I don't recall) from just
before the VM/SP era or later, and most unlikely to be the 800 byte blocks
which are all that VM/370 R6 supports.
Regards,
Peter Coghlan.
Adam