[HECnet] VMS progtram for real tape -> TAP --> VMS copying through clustering --> tenvax rtc

[Robert Armstrong]

   Now that is a clever hack - hadn't considered doing that. Thanks!

Bob

On 11/19/21 12:56 PM, Mark Pizzolato - Info Comm wrote:
>
> You could use Glen Everhardt’s program to read the physical tape and 
> store it locally in RMS format.  Then you could move the RMS file 
> across your cluster environment (or access it directly) on a sim VAX 
> to write to a simh simulated tape drive.  The file attached to the 
> simh VAX simulated tape drive will be in simh format and will be 
> readable just find on a simh KS10.
>
> *From:*owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE <owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE> *On 
> Behalf Of *Robert Armstrong
> *Sent:* Friday, November 19, 2021 12:53 PM
> *To:* hecnet at Update.UU.SE
> *Subject:* Re: [HECnet] VMS progtram for real tape -> TAP --> VMS 
> copying through clustering --> tenvax rtc
>
>   There's also a VMSTPCE program by Glen Everhardt that dumps magtapes 
> to disk container files and back again, but it uses RMS variable 
> length record files for its container.  Each file record is one tape 
> record.  Not simh compatible, although I could write a program to 
> convert to tap format.
>
> Bob
>
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