Non-512-byte sector drive cloning?

Cory Smelosky b4 at gewt.net
Wed Feb 11 19:17:04 CST 2015



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> On Feb 11, 2015, at 18:51, Roe Peterson <roeapeterson at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> What, actually, is the blocksize?  1024 or ?
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>> 576 or 2304.
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> 36 bit, right.  Sorry -:)

No worries! If you want a video in uploading the winner of the 2015 award for worst cinematography right now. ;)

> 
> And serious congratulations on the 40s.  I worked on decsystem 20s back in the day;  very nice machines.  

Thanks! I'm excited to get 'em running!

> 
> In fact, an early Unix project was to (essentially) duplicate the OPR system, including the COMND(?) jsys, so our operators didn't have to learn a new set of procedures. (This was an actuarial/pension mgmt company with 3 Tops-20 systems)


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