16 Jan
2002
16 Jan
'02
3:53 a.m.
On Wed, 16 Jan 2002, Ethan Dicks wrote:
The reason for using the other VAX is to use it to easily create the
filesystem on the emulated tape. If you had a way to read the tape
that you do have, you could just put the image on the PC, run the
TU-58 emulator and go.
OK, the reason I haven't joined this thread before is that I'm almost
entirely ignorant wrt console tapes. Plus, up to this point an emulated
TU-58 wouldn't get data off the orphan tapes, so an emulator wouldn't
help much.
My question is, why go the small-PC route instead of using something
like the TU-58 emulator at
http://www.sparetimegizmos.com/Hardware/TU58_Emulator.htm ?
It is really a question, not a suggestion. I think I'm missing a
point somewhere....
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