> > > if you want to image your disks and floppies for use with simh, > > there's an easy way to do it. All you need is a (Micro-)VAX > > having the appropriate drive(s) running VMS. > > MOUNT/FOREIGN > > COPY/LOG yourimagename.img > > DISMOUNT > > Don't worry about the error message at the end of the COPY > process > > - that's normal, just that copy discovers the end of media. > > You get an image containing all the blocks of your device in > > logical order - VMS will take care of the device details. > > That sounds like the really easy way to do it. Does it copy > track 0 of RX01/02 floppies?
Every bit that is readable normally from VMS, hiding only strange sector orders and bad block information. Images from bootable devices are bootable within simh (as long as there's a suitable bootable simh device) > > I finally got a MicroVAX 3300 up and running again. Most of > my RF3x drives seem to have died while in storage. Now I have > to see if any of the RX02 drives will still work. So are my RF3xs :-(( My DSSI-VAXen run on HSD coupled RZ disks in BA350 boxes now. > > > Will you make your images available? > > Absolutely! I'm still working on the 9-track tapes, after a > several-week pause due to my Alpha XP1000 dying and me taking > time out for a couple of all-weekend endurance races (24 Hours > of LeMons -- the fruit, not the town in France). > > I plan to put all my DEC media images on CDs so I can easily > make copies. Each tape/floppy image will be accompanied by a > text file with the label and other information, and a .JPG photo > of the media and label. I've done about 300 tapes so far, of > which 82 are DEC. I have another 300 or so to do. I should > be done in a couple of months. > I'm very keen on your software pool, many thanks for preserving it! As you probably know I'm mainly after old VMS software (everything pre VMS V5) Regards Ulli --- Alle Postfächer an einem Ort. Jetzt wechseln und E-Mail-Adresse mitnehmen! http://email.freenet.de/basic/Informationen _______________________________________________ Simh mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh
