> > I have a copy of an 11/730 console tape which I have been told is in EXCHANGE > format as created by the CONSCOPY utility. Can any of the VMS experts here > help this VMS noob learn how to translate that into a raw block-level image > of the corresponding TU58 tape, which I might be able to use with a TU58 > emulator? >
I've never actually used it but I thought CONSCOPY sounded familar from somewhere. I had a quick look on my VAX/VMS V5.5-2 system and found SYS$UPDATE:CONSCOPY.COM. It is probably to be found in the same place on every other version of VAX/VMS. Below are some comments from the top of the file. Regards, Peter Coghlan. $ ! Copyright (c) 1987 Digital Equipment Corporation. All rights reserved. $ ! $ ! CONSCOPY -- Save or Restore a console medium $ ! $ ! Inputs: $ ! P1 - Kit type: 8600 or 8200 or 78x or 750 or 730 $ ! P2 - Function: SAVE or RESTORE $ ! P3 - Files-11 virtual disk name $ ! P4 - Console device drive $ ! P5 - File to be written on the bootblock of the console medium. $ ! Optional. The defaults are: $ ! 8600- RT11FB.SYS $ ! 78x - CONSOL.SYS $ ! 8200- BOOT58.EXE $ ! 8300- BOOT58.EXE $ ! 750 - BOOT58.EXE $ ! 730 - BOOT.EXE $ ! $ ! This program saves or restores a console medium. It uses the native $ ! mode utility EXCHANGE to copy and re-format files between a user medium $ ! (Files-11 format) and a console medium (RT-11 format).
