Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ukma.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!hasmed!qusavx!ukma!david From: david@ukma.UUCP (David Herron, NPR Lover) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: Needed: Labelled tape utility. Message-ID: <420@ukma.UUCP> Date: Sat, 22-Dec-84 18:34:36 EST Article-I.D.: ukma.420 Posted: Sat Dec 22 18:34:36 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 24-Dec-84 03:18:23 EST References: <6602@brl-tgr.ARPA> Organization: Univ. of KY Mathematical Sciences Lines: 29 > From: jmrm%cuedvax@UCL-CS.ARPA > Subject: Re: Needed: Labelled tape utility. > Message-ID: <6602@brl-tgr.ARPA> > Date: Mon, 17-Dec-84 04:35:46 EST .... > I have a program which will write ansi standard labelled tapes containing > ascii data, or in the unformatted record mode any other type of data. It > would not be unduly difficult to add ascii to ebcdic conversion (I am not > clear whether this is what you mean by ebcdic binary data) however our > IBM installation is quite happy to convert ascii to/from ebcdic for ansi > tapes. We have used this program to transfer text to/from DEC (VMS and > RSX) and IBM. Lucky you. Our computer center seems to enjoy blitzing tapes. They also make it unduly DIFFICULT to use their system at all. At least that is the way we find it. So the result was tpcp that was posted from here a couple weeks ago. Another result is a program being written here right now by a couple of graduate students. It will do ansi labeled tapes or ibm labeled tapes, both reading and writing. It does the conversions between ascii and ebcidic. etc. Expect it to be posted with a couple of weeks. The last time I talked to them about it they were on the verge of being done with it. And they were working on making it work well since we are planning to use this program quite a bit. It will enable us to live without our computer center quite well.