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From: jrl@swdev.Waterloo.NCR.COM (John R. Latala)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec,comp.sys.misc
Subject: Re: Transfer rsx11m disks to PC
Message-ID: <455@swdev.Waterloo.NCR.COM>
Date: 11 Oct 88 19:57:11 GMT
References: <22@bambam.UUCP> <10798@udenva.cair.du.edu>
Reply-To: jrl@swdev.Waterloo.NCR.COM (John R. Latala)
Organization: NCR Canada Ltd, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
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In article <10798@udenva.cair.du.edu> rneitzel@udenva.UUCP (RICHARD NEITZEL ) writes:
>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
>> ... text deleted ...
>
>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
> ... text deleted ...

If you have access to a VAX780 or a VAX785 (running VMS) you should be able to
read it. Both of these machines are booted by a LSI-11 that has an eight inch
floppy disk on it.

You will need physical access to the machine as the floppy is only reachable 
once the front doors are open.

The LSI-11 runs RT-11, but if you 'mount' the floppy you have access to it
from VMS. Mounting the floppy requires that a CONNECT CONSOLE is done some
where in the system startup or by someone with the right privs.

Once this has been done then the floppy is available as CSA1:

You can then run the EXCHANGE program to dir directories, copy files to and 
from the floppy, etc.
-- 
john R. Latala; NCR Canada, Ltd.; Waterloo, Ontario; Canada N2J 4G5

john.Latala@Waterloo.NCR.COM