On 5/21/16 12:28 PM, Rod Smallwood wrote:
> Third Point > There's no way to copy an image only files under any DEC operating system. > > Fourth Point > > If I had a RSTS system how would I make a backup copy of the install > tape? > you would use TPC, and you can convert between TAP and TPC dealing with tape images is easier in the unix world https://www.brouhaha.com/~eric/software/tapeutils/ from the "SIMH tape images to real tapes" thread on the simh mailing list http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/pipermail/simh/ > > Googling around only seems to want to show me how to copy real tapes > to images. I need to copy a SIMH tape image to a real tape! > > I seem to recall SIMH including a utility for this...but I could be > mistaken. > > I will need a utility that will run on VMS (VAX) as I need to use a > TK50 to make a TK50. (Unless someone wants to doante a TK70. ) > I use vtapeutils to convert from the 4 byte record header format that Simh uses to a 2 byte record header format: http://sourceforge.net/projects/vtapeutils/ Then I use VMSTPC to copy this to a real tape: http://decuslib.com/decus/vax86d/bnelson/vmstpc/
