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Subject: Re: Transfer rsx11m disks to PC
Summary: Good Luck!
Message-ID: <10798@udenva.cair.du.edu>
Date: 12 Sep 88 21:35:58 GMT
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Reply-To: rneitzel@udenva.UUCP (RICHARD NEITZEL )
Organization: National Center for Atmospheric Research
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In article <22@bambam.UUCP> luke@bambam.UUCP (Jay T. Brown) writes:
>
>I have some 8 inch disks that were created on a  PDP11/70
>running rsx11m, and need to transfer them to a PC.  The
>problem is I do not have access to the DEC anymore.
>Supposedly the information is in a generic text format,
>but I can't read the disk format with my current hardware.
>If anyone can do this transfer, or provide information on
>how I can perform it myself,

Sorry, but the RSX11M file system, called Files-11 or ODS-1, is not a
generic text format. Your data may be stored that way but it will very
difficult to extract it without a thorough knowledge of the Files-11
on-disk structure. Files-11 builds non-contiguous files and you have to
use the file directory to locate all the needed pointers and sizes. If you
don't have your DEC machine or the manuals, you would be best advised to
contact an RSX expert. I used to be one, but I also have moved to a non-DEC
world (SUNs and standalone 68020's) or I try to help. Try posting your
request to the comp.sys.dec newsgroup.