On Wed, Nov 01, 2017 at 10:10:00AM -0700, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: >A bit more on the RX03 floppies and why putr probably dies. > >The home block for these contains the usual "DECRT11A" and "RT11A" tags, >as well as the Rad-50 "V3A", cluster size and first directory segment >pointer, but everything else in the block is set to ASCII space (hex >20), including the checksum. > >Is this usual for these floppies?
No, but it's what (at least some versions of) RSTS's "FIT" utility does when initializing a directory. If you'd be willing to send me a .DSK file, I'd be happy to have a little talk with PUTR. It's loooong overdue for an upgrade (and I'm loooong overdue for finishing a portable version I started ages ago, as a set of FUSE drivers I was going to roll into a utility that didn't rely on Linux's FUSE and would run anywhere). John Wilson D Bit