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From: scco@ur-tut.UUCP (Sean Colbath)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: Help with Data transference between RT-11 and VMS
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Date: Wed, 7-Oct-87 22:38:26 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct  7 22:38:26 1987
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In article <5735@sunybcs.UUCP> sher@sunybcs.UUCP (David Sher) writes:
>     What we'd like to know is whether anyone knows a way to read 8 inch
> floppies formatted with rt-11 on a new microvax.  Another way of solving
> the problem would be how to put a tk50 on a pdp-11 using rt-ll so that the
> tapes can be analyzed using a microvax (not using rt-11).  Thanks.

Well, if you can get them on 5.25" floppies, they can be read with the
EXCHANGE program, which I believe is standard with VMS.  The RT-11 disks are
in something called 'Files-11' format which is a DEC standard for their older
PDP operating systems, I believe.  As for putting them on TK-50, I am pretty
sure there is a device driver for RT-11, but not positive.  If you are running
TSX under RT-11 I believe one comes with the system.  The only alternative I
can think of is writing the files on 8" disks, powering down the PDP, and
moving the board to the Microvax, if you have the appropriate device driver.

>-David Sher
>ARPA: sher@cs.buffalo.edu	BITNET: sher@sunybcs
>UUCP: {rutgers,ames,boulder,decvax}!sunybcs!sher

Sean Colbath

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