21 May
2016
21 May
'16
1:51 p.m.
On 5/21/16 12:28 PM, Rod Smallwood wrote:
Third Point
There's no way to copy an image only files under any DEC operating system.
Fourth Point
If I had a RSTS system how would I make a backup copy of the install tape?
you would use TPC, and you can convert between TAP and TPC
dealing with tape images is easier in the unix world
https://www.brouhaha.com/~eric/software/tapeutils/
from the "SIMH tape images to real tapes"
thread on the simh mailing list
http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/pipermail/simh/
Googling around only seems to want to show me how to copy real tapes
to images. I need to copy a SIMH tape image to a real tape!
I seem to recall SIMH including a utility for this...but I could be
mistaken.
I will need a utility that will run on VMS (VAX) as I need to use a
TK50 to make a TK50. (Unless someone wants to doante a TK70. )
I use vtapeutils to convert from the 4 byte record header format that
Simh uses to a 2 byte record header format:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/vtapeutils/
Then I use VMSTPC to copy this to a real tape:
http://decuslib.com/decus/vax86d/bnelson/vmstpc/