12 Jan
2013
12 Jan
'13
1:51 p.m.
On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 01:41:49PM -0500, B. Degnan wrote:
Quick question
There are three executables that I know of to copy RK05 disks in OS/8 on a
PDP 8/e.
RXCOPY
RXCOPY copies floppies
RKCOPY
RKUTIL
Using RKCOPY I was able to generate exact copies of the 0 partition only.
Any tips for how to get both partitions to another disk? What's the best
utility. I hate to experiment on someone else's disks too much, doing the
copy for a fellow MARCH club member.
RKCOPY works for me (under emulator, only one disk attached to my real machine
currently).
.R RKCOPY
RK8/E DISK COPY PROGRAM V2.1
WHAT DRIVE SHOULD I READ ?0
WHAT DRIVE SHOULD I WRITE ?1
DO YOU WANT TO VERIFY THE COPY ?Y
COPYING AND VERIFYING THE COPY...
COPY AND VERIFICATION COMPLETE
DO YOU WANT ANOTHER COPY ?N
.DIR RKA1:
<FILES SHOWN>
.DIR RKB1:
<FILES SHOWN>
New output image is same size as input. Is it aborting with an error on your
machine?
Used this image and RKCOPY
http://www.pdp8online.com/pdp8cgi/os8_html?act=dir;fn=images/os8/diagpack2.…