21 Jan
2008
21 Jan
'08
6:51 p.m.
Q's:
1) Are any these titles already backed up somewhere?
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many of them have been. The license PAKs are less common
2) What is the best way to backup these tapes to a more
permanent media?
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I use Eric Smith's tape copy program
http://www.brouhaha.com/~eric/software/tapeutils/
which generates .tap images
on a Linux box using a TZ30.
TZ30's are handy because the head is easily disassembled to clean;
something you do a LOT reading TK50's from the mid-80's
3) What is "MICROVMS" - Is this just VMS (for a uVAX)?
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correct. somewhat stripped down version of same.
21 Jan
21 Jan
7:59 p.m.
Al Kossow wrote:
Q's:
1) Are any these titles already backed up somewhere?
--
many of them have been. The license PAKs are less common
Although I don't expect anyone to make them available,
it would be nice if there were a list somewhere of
what does exist, media type, part number, whether it
has been backed up (and how). At least I'd know whether
I have something important in the attic (TK50 or CD
or even a few magtapes). I'd volunteer if I thought
a static webpage would do.
Licence PAKs are a bit less of a concern: there have been
a few PAKGEN type tools (and T-Shirts!) out there, there's
always the chance that HP will release PAKGEN when they
give up on OpenVMS and there are probably lots of DEC
*INTERNAL USE ONLY* PAKs sitting on disks.
Antonio
arcarlini at iee.org
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