[cctalk] Re: Saturn-Calc

2022-12-30 Thread Chris Zach via cctalk
I think I have TSX/RX02 versions of Saturn stuff out there already. Where is it Ah here: https://www.crystel.com/pdp/ Wow, I have a dsm11 disk image there too? Weird. And the XT Tool kit guide (prior to when it was called the Pro/350). Let me know if those contain anything interesting.

[cctalk] Re: SGI vs. Mac

2022-12-30 Thread Christian Liendo via cctalk
I went to Onyx2/Origin 2000 training in Mountain View in the building that is now the Computer History Museum and I met a lot of Gov folks but I also met a lot of oil people who used SGIs to crunch data. At the time no one could touch them but that too changed As for workstations the one I remembe

[cctalk] Re: Restoring unknown format backup tapes

2022-12-30 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 12/30/22 17:37, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote: > THere were certain tape manufacturers and plastic/metal clip marks and wear > patters that were typical of certain types of drives reading certain types > of tapes. Maybe high resolution photos of a few used tapes will reveal > clues. A tape ejec

[cctalk] Re: Saturn-Calc

2022-12-30 Thread Kenneth Gober via cctalk
On Fri, Dec 30, 2022 at 7:23 AM Nigel Johnson Ham via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > I downloaded some RX02 images posted by Mark Matlock, but the disks > appear to be all zeroes where I expect the directory to be. > Is it possible the images are 'physical' disk images rather than 'logi

[cctalk] Re: Restoring unknown format backup tapes

2022-12-30 Thread John-Paul Stewart via cctalk
On 12/30/22 15:17, John Herron via cctalk wrote: > This may be a larger conversation than I intend but how would you all > generally start if you ha backup tapes that you wanted to try and > read/restore? > > Supposedly they're Amiga qic tapes. I'm a little worried about the > structural integrity

[cctalk] Re: Restoring unknown format backup tapes

2022-12-30 Thread Bill Degnan via cctalk
THere were certain tape manufacturers and plastic/metal clip marks and wear patters that were typical of certain types of drives reading certain types of tapes. Maybe high resolution photos of a few used tapes will reveal clues. A tape ejected 30 times will have certain patterns of wear in certai

[cctalk] Re: Restoring unknown format backup tapes

2022-12-30 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 12/30/22 12:17, John Herron via cctalk wrote: > This may be a larger conversation than I intend but how would you all > generally start if you ha backup tapes that you wanted to try and > read/restore? > > Supposedly they're Amiga qic tapes. I'm a little worried about the > structural integrity

[cctalk] Re: cctalk Digest, Vol 147, Issue 1

2022-12-30 Thread Malcolm Macleod via cctalk
>Message: 4 >Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2022 07:23:28 -0500 >From: Nigel Johnson Ham >Subject: [cctalk] Saturn-Calc >To: cctalk >Message-ID: <4c5f94c9-7406-f409-cbee-0fb629961...@gmail.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > >Hi all, > >My 11/73 restoration has got to the point th

[cctalk] Restoring unknown format backup tapes

2022-12-30 Thread John Herron via cctalk
This may be a larger conversation than I intend but how would you all generally start if you ha backup tapes that you wanted to try and read/restore? Supposedly they're Amiga qic tapes. I'm a little worried about the structural integrity of the tapes. Not knowing what software was used, would this

[cctalk] Re: Saturn-Calc

2022-12-30 Thread Mark Matlock via cctalk
> On Dec 30, 2022, at 12:00 PM, cctalk-requ...@classiccmp.org wrote: > > Hi all, > > My 11/73 restoration has got to the point that I am loading stuff from RT11 > backups, and I have a lot of Saturn-calc and wp data that I would like to see > again. My licensed copy and the manual are long go

[cctalk] Saturn-Calc

2022-12-30 Thread Nigel Johnson Ham via cctalk
Hi all, My 11/73 restoration has got to the point that I am loading stuff from RT11 backups, and I have a lot of Saturn-calc and wp data that I would like to see again. My licensed copy and the manual are long gone! I downloaded some RX02 images posted by Mark Matlock, but the disks appear t