roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith) (02/01/85)
I have a tape, made on a VMS system, variously labelled "COPY format" and "BACKUP format" which I need to read into my 4.2 system. From looking at it using dd, I've been able to figure out some of it, but I need to do better. Before I sit down with the VMS tape specs and write it myself, does anybody already have what I need? BTW, are the VMS 'COPY' and 'BACKUP' formats the same thing? One of the random pieces of documentation that came with the tape says: "9-track, 1600-bpi, IBM compatible, 80 bytes/record, 1600 records/block, labeled". Does this really mean 128 kbyte blocks?? Other stuff says "... standard labeled tape (label='progs') written with the VMS copy command ..." -- The opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the views of the Public Health Research Institute. allegra!vax135!timeinc\ cmcl2!rocky2!cubsvax>!phri!roy (Roy Smith) ihnp4!timeinc/