5 May
2017
5 May
'17
4:16 p.m.
After looking at all that...
The prompt is VMS the $. The date makes it V3.6 to 4.2.
I'd still bet that its Files-11 not ODS-II.
I'd have to check of the DCL prompt under RSX-11 is also $.
Either way the save command under VMS will have defaults for the device
target
and that a lookup on the Orange or Grey wall (manuals).
Allison
On 05/05/2017 06:26 PM, Jerry Weiss via cctalk wrote:
Jerry Weiss
jsw at ieee.org
On May 5,
2017, at 5:13 PM, Jerry Weiss <jsw at ieee.org> wrote:
Mr Obvious here (missed the handwritten text in the label at first).
The .RNO files should contain human readable text. It no-one has a VAX
with an RX02, it should be possible to image the disk from a PDP11 and
then mount the image in elsewhere to recover the data.
On May 5, 2017, at 4:58 PM, Terry Stewart via
cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org <mailto:cctalk at classiccmp.org>> wrote:
Looks like ODS2. The files appear to be RUNOFF. Quick guess is that they
are the appendices to some document or manuscript.
In case not everyone noticed, but Terry's
already given up on this
Lol, true. The disks will be given back on Monday.
It's no big deal. The
owners can decided what they want to do. Even if I can't read it the
disks, however, pondering just what the format might be is fun. I'm
certainly learning something. Feel free to keep speculating if you are so
inclined.
I still think the best suggestion was the one
about posting what's on the
printed sheet that appears to be a directory listing
Here it is:
http://www.classic-computers.org.nz/blog/images/2017-04-15-vax-disk-cover.j…
<http://www.classic-computers.org.nz/blog/images/2017-04-15-vax-disk-cover.jpg>
Some more info. Anadisk tells me the disks are Single Sided, Single
Density. It can see ID marks as it tracks a disk but that is all. It
can't see any data. Could be an RX02 disk as people say...
Terry (Tez) 
On Sat, May 6, 2017 at 8:50 AM, allison via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org
<mailto:cctalk at classiccmp.org>>
wrote:
> On 05/05/2017 03:39 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
>>>> Terry is doing it for fun; we can't expect the others to.
>> On Fri, 5 May 2017, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote:
>>> I would. :-) Or maybe for beer.
>> I doubt that Allison will want to underbid THAT!
>>
>>
> Free beer?!? No, no,no...
>
> Allison
>
Jerry Weiss
jsw at ieee.org <mailto:jsw at ieee.org>