15 Dec
2015
15 Dec
'15
1:55 p.m.
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From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Guy
Sotomayor
Sent: 15 December 2015 17:09
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
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Subject: Re: IBM CMS dumpfile idiocy
the
On Dec 14, 2015, at 10:21 PM, Chuck Guzis
<cclist at sydex.com> wrote:
Just finished reading a 9 track tape made with IBM CMS in its dumpfile
format.
>
> Why on earth--or might I say, what idiot--designed this format? First file data in a series of records, *then* the file name
and other metadata.
Use VM/370 under Hercules to read in the
dumpfile tape and write it back
out in either AWS or HET format.
TTFN - Guy
You don't need VM/370, Hercules includes a "tapecopy" command that will
copy
Anyone know of a DOS/Windows/Unix utility to unravel one of these
things? I
don't feel too much like coding for a single tape.
from SCSI tape to AWS format... (and back)
Dave