In my quest to read every tu58 tape on the planet (one needs a goal :-), I managed to read 3 tu58 tapes today. Naturally in the middle of the 4th tape the controller died. (looks like the rs422 received failed for some reason... humm... digikey to the rescue :-) Anyway, I think I have valid vax 11/730 console and diag tape images. The 730 console tape looks almost pristine except for 2 files added to the end (I wonder if the original "defboo.cmd" has been replaced, but it should be possible to reconstruct it with a little hackery) http://www.heeltoe.com/download/vax/contents http://www.heeltoe.com/download/vax/BE-T173I-ME http://www.heeltoe.com/download/vax/BE-T175I-DE http://www.heeltoe.com/download/vax/BE-T176I-DE BE-T173I-ME "BE-T173I-ME","TU58#34 11725/730 CONSOLE","1982,1984" BE-T175I-DE "BE-T175I-DE","TU58#35 11725/730 DIAG SUPER","PROPERTY OF DEC","1982,1984" BE-T176I-DE "BE-T176I-DE","TU58#36 11725/730 MICRODIAG","PROPERTY OF DEC","1982,1983" I also hacked an ancient CP/M program which reads RT11 disk images to run on linux. It allows one to read the dir, copy a file out, copy a file in, type a file, etc... (it's like 'putr' but only knows rt11) It can be used (on linux anyway) to read the tape images and get files off them. I haven't used it to create a tape image yet, but plan to. http://www.heeltoe.com/download/vax/rt11.tar.gz I should have the drive running again once the UPS man arrives :-) I think I have some 750 console tapes also, which I'll put up as soon as I read them. -brad