RE: VMS EXCHANGE format for VAX console media

2015-06-07 Thread Robert Armstrong
FWIW, I can confirm that the 730 console tapes are in RT11 format, as are the 750's. DEC standardized on that format for console media, even though there is no actual PDP-11 involved in the 725/730/750. And EXCHANGE has the ability to create virtual media images on disk. The CONSCOPY script

VMS EXCHANGE format for VAX console media

2015-06-07 Thread Mark J. Blair
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

Re: VMS EXCHANGE format for VAX console media

2015-06-07 Thread Johnny Billquist
On 2015-06-06 01:57, Mark J. Blair wrote: 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

Re: VMS EXCHANGE format for VAX console media

2015-06-07 Thread Peter Coghlan
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