Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!altitude!matrox!uvm-gen!kira!nic!sol!sol.aer.com!gplan From: gplan@sun9.aer.com (George A. Planansky) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cdc Subject: Re: Reading a CDC tape on a unix system Message-ID: Date: 1 May 91 13:10:34 GMT References: <3134@sparko.gwu.edu> Sender: news@sol.AER.COM Followup-To: comp.sys.cdc Distribution: usa Organization: Atmospheric Environmental Research Inc., Cambridge, MA USA Lines: 30 In-reply-to: dave@seas.gwu.edu's message of 29 Apr 91 17:38:15 GMT In article <3134@sparko.gwu.edu> dave@seas.gwu.edu (David M. Owczarek) writes: >I recently was asked if I could read two CDC tapes on our systems here. >We have a Sun 3/480 (SunOS 4.1), Sun 4-280 (SunOS 4.1.1), HP 9000-835SE >(HP-UX 3.1B), and Alliant FX/8 (Concentrix 5.6.00). I was also told that >a CDC tape uses either an IBM CMS format or something similar. I was able >to get a program which reads IBM tapes from uunet.uu.net, but this >program tells me the tape is not IBM format. > >Is there a kind sole out there who might be able to suggest: > >1) A source for code to read the tape (anonymous ftp)? >2) What the tape format looks like? Hmm. *I* was just asked for help reading CDC NOS RECLAIM tapes, on our system *here*. We've got Suns and an Alliant, too, but no HP. Is there something out there for reading these onto Unix machines? Thanks. -- George Planansky Atmospheric & Environmental Research Cambridge, Massachusetts gplanansky@aer.com (617) 547-6207