[HECnet] tape recovery: BP2 and

[Mark Matlock]

Dave,
   Good point about where the tapes might have come from. As far as your question about making a tape image, I'm not sure that any of the standard RSX utilities will do that.

    The DECUS utility that was used to duplicate tapes was TPC and the later version BIGTPC. It exists on various DECUS tapes but I'd be concerned that the wrong version might replicate the problem we've seen.

   It would be good to get Johnny's input on what to use to recover the tapes.

Good Luck!
Mark


On May 1, 2015, at 4:49 PM, Dave McGuire wrote:

> 
>  I'm gonna try.  Of course this assumes they they weren't written from
> the corrupt images on trailing-edge.com!  We will know soon enough.
> 
>  My most reliable 9-track drive is on an RSX system.  What's the best
> way to make a raw tape image under RSX, anybody know?
> 
>               -Dave
> 
> On 05/01/2015 05:41 PM, Mark Matlock wrote:
>> Dave,
>>   That is fantastic news! It would be great if you can read them ok.
>> Thanks!
>> Mark
>> 
>> 
>> On May 1, 2015, at 3:34 PM, Dave McGuire wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> I have located 9-track install tapes of BP2 v2.7 and PDP-11 C v1.2 in
>>> my tape library.  They are not original tapes; the labels are
>>> hand-written (not by me) so I don't know their status.  I will attempt
>>> to recover them in the coming days.
>>> 
>>>            -Dave
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
>>> New Kensington, PA
>> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
> New Kensington, PA