Hello Michael,
Don't know if this would help you out or not, but
Bob Armstrong developed a TU58 emulator at ...
Hello to all VAXenfolks,
i do have a problem with a VAX-11/730 that i have reconstructed
(cleaned,
resoldered, replaced cable, everything. Pictures on
www.vaxcluster.de.
Yes,
i am a bit proud of it... But sorry for the bad web-page design!) over
the
last few months.
It is now willing to boot and tries to load it's microcode tape from the
TU-58 drives. I even have a microcode tape which looks like it could be
still readable.
But the TU-58's are so battered that i have not been able to read the
tape.
I have repaced the rubber rollers, but the read/write-heads look, ummm,
bad!
I have found somewhere some TU-58 simulator software for DOS which looks
like a promising alternative; i would place a mini-DOS-computer inside a
VT-102 and route some additional cables to the VAX and bee fine.
BUT: How do i get the contents of the microcode tape of the tape, into a
DOS file without access to a working TU-58?
Is someone on this list able to read the tape?
Has someone already made a tape image i could just use? I mean, i have
a original DEC tape, with serial number and all. I might even come up
with a license document, if i search long enough...
Any help would be greatly welcomed. This old lady is just to beautifull
to use it as an electric heater only...
Thank you
ms
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