19 Apr
2006
19 Apr
'06
10:48 a.m.
Al Kossow wrote:
I can post a program that I ran on solaris that creates backups of 1/2
inch tapes, and
includes knowlege of either dec (3 file marks at eot) or other (2 file
marks). I have
archived all of my tapes with this program.
I also may write a program to convert them to Hercules AWS format as well.
This program can be used with any 1/2 inch tape unit, as it has the
logic to read the
block size of each block and preserves each block boundary.
I'll work up documentation and try to get a page with it up on my web pages.
Jim
The tapes vary
from MPE install
Just to put the word out.. I'm looking for MPE from the 70's and
very early 80's. Something that could run on Series II or III...
It's likely what Kevin has will be later than that.
Can I just DD the tapes to a file
No. You will lose all the tape blocking/file mark information.