krowitz@RICHTER.MIT.EDU (David Krowitz) (07/14/88)
I'm trying to port a program which reads VAX/VMS backup tapes
onto the Apollo. I got this code from the comp.sources.unix
archive on uunet.uu.net. I've managed to compile and run the
program with no problems on our Alliant FX/40 (a BSD4.2 machine),
but when I try running the program on our Apollos, I get the
message:
/dev/rmt8: Not a typewriter
I can not get a traceback from /com/tb -- it simply comes back
with "no traceback available". A listing of the /dev directory
on the Alliant shows the device files for the tape drive as
character devices:
richter% ls -l /dev/rxtv*
crw-rw-rw- 1 root 128, 0 Jul 13 09:51 /dev/rxtv0
crw-rw-rw- 1 root 128, 0 Jun 27 18:23 /dev/rxtv00h
crw-rw-rw- 1 root 128, 64 Apr 13 12:24 /dev/rxtv00l
crw-rw-rw- 1 root 128, 32 Apr 13 11:55 /dev/rxtv00m
crw-rw-rw- 1 root 128, 96 Apr 13 11:55 /dev/rxtv00x
richter%
A listing of the /dev directory on our Apollo DSP80 which
has the tape drive attached to it also lists the device
files as character devices:
% ls -l rmt*
crwxrwxrwx 1 <none> 0, 0 Oct 8 1987 rmt12
crwxrwxrwx 1 <none> 0, 0 Oct 8 1987 rmt8
rmt/!l not found
rmt/!ln not found
rmt/!m not found
rmt/!mn not found
rmt:
total 2
crwxrwxrwx 1 <none> 0, 0 Jan 14 1987 c0d0h
crwxrwxrwx 1 <none> 0, 0 Jan 14 1987 c0d0hn
%
Could the difference in the major/minor device numbers be
the cause of this error message?
total 244
-r--r--r-- 1 16 3667 Mar 6 1987 .LOGFILE.Z
drwxrwxr-x 2 16 512 Dec 1 1987 ansitape
-r--r--r-- 1 16 13439 Feb 24 1987 cut+paste.Z
-r--r--r-- 1 16 20476 Feb 19 1987 dca2troff.Z
-r--r--r-- 1 16 3823 Mar 2 1987 display.Z
-r--r--r-- 1 16 1376 Mar 6 1987 display.pch.Z
drwxrwxr-x 2 16 512 Dec 1 1987 ease
-r--r--r-- 1 16 7636 Mar 2 1987 fixcpio.Z
-r--r--r-- 1 16 9549 Mar 2 1987 foogol.Z
-r--r--r-- 1 16 2560 Feb 27 1987 getpw.Z
drwxrwxr-x 2 16 512 Dec 1 1987 graph+
-r--r--r-- 1 16 18429 Mar 2 1987 her2vfont.Z
-r--r--r-- 1 16 14762 Feb 12 1987 hier.Z
-r--r--r-- 1 16 6648 Jun 26 1987 index
-r--r--r-- 1 16 5072 Jan 26 1987 index.1.Z
-r--r--r-- 1 16 8917 Jan 26 1987 index.2.Z
drwxrwxr-x 2 16 512 Dec 1 1987 jove
-r--r--r-- 1 16 8855 Feb 9 1987 kurses.Z
drwxrwxr-x 2 16 512 Dec 1 1987 mcp
drwxrwxr-x 2 16 512 Dec 1 1987 micrognu
-r--r--r-- 1 16 16934 Feb 9 1987 multi-feed.c++.Z
-r--r--r-- 1 16 1886 Mar 2 1987 multivol.pch.Z
drwxrwxr-x 2 16 512 Dec 1 1987 pd-localtime
-r--r--r-- 1 16 24961 Feb 27 1987 phoon.Z
drwxrwxr-x 2 16 512 Dec 1 1987 prep
drwxrwxr-x 2 16 512 Dec 1 1987 psfig-tex
-r--r--r-- 1 16 12844 Mar 3 1987 qterm.Z
drwxrwxr-x 2 16 512 Dec 1 1987 se
-r--r--r-- 1 16 6219 Feb 19 1987 shrink_names.Z
drwxrwxr-x 2 16 512 Dec 1 1987 smail2
-r--r--r-- 1 16 3857 Feb 12 1987 soelim.Z
drwxrwxr-x 2 16 512 Dec 1 1987 sp
-r--r--r-- 1 16 3473 Mar 2 1987 tabs.Z
drwxrwxr-x 2 16 512 Dec 1 1987 textools2
-r--r--r-- 1 16 5433 Feb 13 1987 trmatch.Z
-r--r--r-- 1 16 9003 Feb 9 1987 uk-1.4.pch.Z
drwxrwxr-x 2 16 512 Dec 1 1987 unaxcess2
-r--r--r-- 1 16 10540 Feb 9 1987 uucp.x25pad.Z
drwxrwxr-x 2 16 512 Dec 1 1987 uumail4
drwxrwxr-x 2 16 512 Dec 1 1987 uutty
drwxrwxr-x 2 16 512 Dec 1 1987 vn
drwxrwxr-x 2 16 512 Dec 1 1987 vtrm