14 Dec
2015
14 Dec
'15
10:21 p.m.
Just finished reading a 9 track tape made with IBM CMS in its dumpfile
format.
Why on earth--or might I say, what idiot--designed this format? First
the file data in a series of records, *then* the file name and other
metadata.
Anyone know of a DOS/Windows/Unix utility to unravel one of these
things? I don't feel too much like coding for a single tape.
--Chuck