[net.sources] RT-ll to Unix Request

ray@bpa.UUCP (01/25/84)

		Is there an RT-ll to unix program that will let me read
	from an RT-ll 8" floppy disc on a unix system?  Any information
	appreciated.
 
				Ray Benash

twt@uicsl.UUCP (01/29/84)

#R:bpa:-21500:uicsl:11000007:000:437
uicsl!twt    Jan 28 17:39:00 1984

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	This is a clarification on the first response to this base note.

The floppy drive on the 11/780 is a RX01, so you can only read RX01 formatted
(single density) disks on it. (You can write single density disks on a RX02.)
Also, the RT11 file structure is what is used on the 780's console floppies,
so any programs that you would have to use the console floppy should be set 
up for RT11 files.

		Tom Todd   ...!uiucdcs!uicsl!twt

jrb@wdl1.UUCP (John R Blaker) (02/05/84)

		[Sacrifice top~ line-eating Ghod]
I wrote a program to read RT-11 floppies on an 11/70 running PWB with
a pair of RX-01s.  We have since converted to System V on our 11/70 and
I haven't tested it yet.  If there is interest, contact me at the
address below.

John R Blaker
Ford Aerospace & Communications Corporation
Western Development Laboratories Division
3939 Fabian Way
Palo Alto, CA  94303
UUCP:	...!fortune!wdl1!jrb
ARPA:	jrb@FORD-WDL1

saj@iuvax.UUCP (02/15/84)

#R:bpa:-21500:iuvax:11700010:000:370
iuvax!lwm    Jan 27 01:32:00 1984

If you have a VAX 11/780 you can read an RT-11 floppy from the console
floppy drive using arff(8).  We have transferred files from RT-11
floppies to UNIX with no problems.  The floppies were originally written
using an RX02 drive on an LSI-11 system.
						Larry Meehan
						Indiana University C.S. Dept.
						lwm@indiana (csnet)
						ihnp4!inuxc!iuvax!lwm (usenet)