[mod.computers.vax] PDP-11 query

prindle@NADC.ARPA (01/09/86)

Folks,
Sorry to post this on these groups, but I can't find a PDP-11 newsgroup per-se.
We are in need of a device driver for the RSX-11 operating system on a PDP-11
which will use a DEC DRV11-B DMA board as an intercomputer link.  In other
words, we need the PDP-11/RSX-11 equivalent of the VMS intercomputer link
driver (for DR11-B/DR11-W).  I'm sure we can eventually write one, but it would
be wonderful if someone out there already has done this and has a debugged
driver we can use directly.  Please reply directly to PRINDLE@NADC.arpa because
I don't read all these newsgroups.  Any help would be deeply appreciated.
Thanks,
Frank Prindle
U.S. Naval Air Development Center
Warminster, Pa.
215-441-2537
Arpanet/Milnet: Prindle@NADC.arpa
Usenet: ...!...!harvard!prindle%nadc.arpa

Halsema.ES@XEROX.ARPA (01/10/86)

I recently got a tape written with FLEX on a PDP-11 under RSX-11. I
tried to copy the files on the tape to disk on our 11/750, but couldn't.
Is there a way to read FLEX tapes written on other machines using FLEX
on the VAX? Is the VAX FLEX documentation (VMS 3.4) correct?

Any information is appreciated.

Thanks,
	--Ian

sasaki@HARVARD.HARVARD.EDU (Marty Sasaki) (01/11/86)

Are you sure it is a FLEX tape? Maybe a FLX tape? Chances are that
this is written in DOS-11 format which was created with FLX on the
RSX-11 system. Shouldn't exchange be able to read it? If you have the
RSX-11 environment (or whatever DEC calls it) on your system, then you
can read it using FLX as well.

		Marty Sasaki