Thanks to many, in particular Witchy (cheers, mate! absolutely *brill*)
for the info on sysgenning SCSI stuff into VMS.
$mou MKB0:
_label: test
$copy welcome.txt mkb0:
[spin/stop - spin/stop - spinspin stop]
$dir MKB0:
[spin/stop etc etc]
Directory MKB0:[]
Welcome.txt;1
Total of 1 files
$type MKB0:welcome.txt
[glorious spinning/stopping]
Welcome to OpenVMS VAX V7.2
$
Now I can read/write 9trk tape to laptop and/or VAXstation.
woo-freakin-hoo!!
Next: Ethernet....
Cheers
John