Re: Extracting files off “unknown” 8 inch disks. Any thoughts…

[allison]

After looking at all that...

The prompt is VMS the $.  The date makes it V3.6 to 4.2.
I'd still bet that its Files-11 not ODS-II.

I'd have to check of the DCL prompt under RSX-11 is also $.

Either way the save command under VMS will have defaults for the device
target
and that a lookup on the Orange or Grey wall (manuals).

Allison


On 05/05/2017 06:26 PM, Jerry Weiss via cctalk wrote:
>> On May 5, 2017, at 5:13 PM, Jerry Weiss <jsw at ieee.org> wrote:
>>
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>>> On May 5, 2017, at 4:58 PM, Terry Stewart via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org <mailto:cctalk at classiccmp.org>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> In case not everyone noticed, but Terry's already given up on this
>>> Lol, true. The disks will be given back on Monday.  It's no big deal.  The
>>> owners can decided what they want to do.  Even if I can't read it the
>>> disks, however, pondering just what the format might be is fun. I'm
>>> certainly learning something. Feel free to keep speculating if you are so
>>> inclined.
>>>
>>>> I still think the best suggestion was the one about posting what's on the
>>>> printed sheet that appears to be a directory listing
>>> Here it is:
>>>
>>> http://www.classic-computers.org.nz/blog/images/2017-04-15-vax-disk-cover.jpg <http://www.classic-computers.org.nz/blog/images/2017-04-15-vax-disk-cover.jpg>
>>>
>>> Some more info.  Anadisk tells me the disks are Single Sided, Single
>>> Density.  It can see ID marks as it tracks a disk but that is all.  It
>>> can't see any data.  Could be an RX02 disk as people say...
>>>
>>> Terry (Tez)
>>
>> Looks like ODS2.  The files appear to be RUNOFF.   Quick guess is that they
>> are the appendices to some document or manuscript.
>>
>>
> Mr Obvious here (missed the handwritten text in the label at first). 
>
> The .RNO files should contain human readable text.  It no-one has a VAX
> with an RX02, it should be possible to image the disk from a PDP11 and
> then mount the image in elsewhere to recover the data.
>
>
>
>
>>>
>>> On Sat, May 6, 2017 at 8:50 AM, allison via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org <mailto:cctalk at classiccmp.org>>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 05/05/2017 03:39 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
>>>>>>> Terry is doing it for fun; we can't expect the others to.
>>>>> On Fri, 5 May 2017, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote:
>>>>>> I would.  :-)  Or maybe for beer.
>>>>> I doubt that Allison will want to underbid THAT!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Free beer?!?  No, no,no...
>>>>
>>>> Allison
>>>>
>> Jerry Weiss
>> jsw at ieee.org <mailto:jsw at ieee.org>
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> Jerry Weiss
> jsw at ieee.org
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