Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!mcnc!rutgers!ucla-cs!zen!ucbvax!UMNDUL.BITNET!FSIMMONS From: FSIMMONS@UMNDUL.BITNET Newsgroups: comp.os.vms Subject: reading rt-11 tapes on vms-sumamry Message-ID: <8707281302.AA02941@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Date: Mon, 27-Jul-87 18:10:00 EDT Article-I.D.: ucbvax.8707281302.AA02941 Posted: Mon Jul 27 18:10:00 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 29-Jul-87 05:52:10 EDT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Distribution: world Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 42 This is a summary of the responses I received on this subject. 1) Some responders alluded to a DECUS newsletter article in the July 1986 RT portion. Pages 3-4 were sited. 2) Some respondents simply said $ mount/foreign msa0: xxx $ copy msa0:*.* temp.dat 3) Some respondents said that it could not be done. Period. 4) I received a call from a DEC hardware/software type in Minneapolis and he is very familiar with RT-11. He says that it will not. Period. The rub is that it is not an ANSI-labelled tape and therefore the right parts of the header are not present. Since the DECUS newsletter was written by a respected gent (knowledgable) , I referred him to this article and he said he would look into it and get back to me. He also mentioned something to the effect that the EXCHANGE utility would only honor RT-11 block addressable volumes, which tapes are not. The upshot of all this, as seems to be the case with most hardware/software issues, is that there is a split-camp and that some are wrong and some are right. Meanwhile , I sit here having tried all suggestions and barring typos in articles etc. am still unable to read these tapes. I guess the phenomena from DEC's point of view is that there can exist an RT-11 installation without a tape-drive unit(sour grapes). Frank Simmons UMD Computing Services Univ of Minn,Duluth 10 University Drive Duluth MN 55812 ATT : (218) 726-8849 BITNET : FSIMMONS@UMNDUL CSNET : FSIMMONS@UB.D.UMN.EDU SYSTEM : VAX/VMS 4.5 JNET 3.0