6 Apr
2020
6 Apr
'20
4:30 p.m.
On 2020-04-06 16:29, J. David Bryan via cctech wrote:
As I noted, I'm not that familiar with TSB
(I'm an RTE guy). But you
might
have to create the desired accounts with the "NEW" sysop command before
you
can restore to them.
Yes I created the accounts first and after I thought the tapes loaded I
logged in to them to check for the files which weren't there.
Feature level codes, I think.
Pages 4-21 and 4-22 of the Access operator's manual (22687-90005, July
1976) say:
Each system is assigned a Feature Level Code identifying the level
of
features it supports. Currently, codes are assigned as follows:
Feature Level Code
----------------------------------- ----
2000/C (High-Speed Option) 200
2000/F (All Options) 200
HP 2000 Operating System, Release A 1000
HP 2000 Operating System, Release B 2000
Normally, systems with Feature Level Codes of 1000 or greater cannot
access tapes from systems with Feature Level Codes of less than 1000
and vice versa. For exceptions to this rule, refer to conversion
information in Appendix F.
If the tape reported a feature level code of 1500, then I'd think it
was an
Access tape.
Access does come with a conversion program, described in Appendix F of
the
above manual, that allows one to dump Access programs in 2000F format.
Presumably, you could load the CSL tape into an Access system and then
dump
the programs to a 2000F tape that could be read into the latter system.
I've never tried this myself, though.
Looking over the manual I think I'll give this a try, easy enough to
bring up a new instance of an Access system, try and load the tape on
there and then dump it with the conversion program. Use to have an
Access based system running but removed it a couple of computers back.
Another possibility, if you can get listings of the
CSL programs you
want,
is to copy-and-paste the source into a logged-in user terminal window
session.
Thought about this too but as I'm trying to get as much of a set up
similar to what I had in high school, there are a lot of the programs to
load and copy/paste would be a pain. Prefer to try and get the tape
converted to something I can work with on the 2000F.
Which specific tape are you using? Bitsavers shows
three CSL tapes
under
/bits/hp/tapes/2000tsb, but they all seem to be feature level 1500.
The text files in there appear to label all the CSL tapes there as
feature level 1500 so it would appear that it doesn't matter which I
try.
I'll bring up a new Access system and give the conversion program a try.
David Williams