13 Sep
1998
13 Sep
'98
2:36 p.m.
And 'The ANSI labeled tape spec' is available
where.... ?
ANSI sells copies - I don't know the current price. The one I carry
around with me is ANSI X3.27-1978, "File Structure and Labeling
of Magnetic Tapes for Information Interchange". There's a more recent
Level 4 document that makes the (obvious) Y2K-compliance workaround
the "official" solution, but I can't find my copy at the moment (I
may very well have left it at a customer's site... oops!)
When dealing
with RT-11 (not ll!) tapes under VMS, please keep
in mind the very detailed advice in the RT-11 "Volume and File
Formats Manual", pages 1-37 through 1-39.
Easier kept in mind when the mind
in question actually has *access*
to the aforementioned document; this one does not. :(