Path: utzoo!lsuc!sickkids!mark From: mark@sickkids.UUCP (Mark Bartelt) Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec.micro Subject: Re: reading PRO 3xx disks on a PC/AT Message-ID: <98@sickkids.UUCP> Date: 10 May 88 11:11:09 GMT References:Reply-To: mark@sickkids.UUCP (Mark Bartelt) Organization: Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto Lines: 32 Summary: In article [ I just *love* those EVERHART%ARISIA.DECnet@GE-CRD.ARPA writes: andrew Message-IDs! ] > [ ... ] a program called GETRSX is available. It has even appeared > somewhere in the DECUS library, though probably on a SIG tape (read those > abstracts CAREFULLY). Its purpose in life is to read ODS-1 file > structures (which the pro uses) and grab files off them under different > OS's. It was written for unix or rt-11 (don't know which), but again > since the C sources ARE available, some hacking ought to get it across. It was originally written for UNIX (by me, based on an earlier version by Rob Pike), and submitted to the DECUS UNISIG and RT-11 SIG tapes. The RT submission was simply a copy of the UNIX version, with nothing done to it to make it actually work under RT-11. I just put it there in hopes that someone would feel motivated to make the (minor(?)) changes that would be needed, as people had been harping at DEC for years to give RT-11's FILEX the ability to read RSX disks, so it seemed likely that there would be some demand for it. Sure enough, some guy in Florida did it (and also, I recall, provided an RT-style command line syntax to replace the UNIX-style one that the original program had), and submitted that version to the DECUS library. You can get it by ordering 11-646. Or, if you'd prefer, I'll gladly send the original UNIX version to anyone who wants it (e-mail only, please). By the way, there is also a "getvms" program which reads ODS-2 volumes, though I believe that ODS-2 has changed somewhat since I wrote the program (seven or eight years ago, I think), so I can't guarantee that it will work without a bit of twiddling. Mark Bartelt UUCP: {utzoo,decvax,ihnp4}!sickkids!mark Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto BITNET: mark@sickkids.utoronto 416/598-6442 INTERNET: mark@sickkids.toronto.edu [ Note: The internet address is claimed to work, but has not yet been tried. ]