[Info-vax] Backup TK50 tapes

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2013-02-24 10:16, supervinx wrote:
>
>> I'm sure that quite a few people could give you very specific
>> directions, if you can clearly state your goals to them.
>
> Well, let's try to be minimal.
> My goal was to create a physical image of the tapes so, if they will
> "die" (everything has an end, only a sausage has two ;) ) I'll be
> able to recreate them.
> Usually I use a SCSI tape interface, and used tapecopy/tapedd.
>
> Marginally I had the curiosity to try those tape images to install
> in simh an older VMS version.
>
> So the question wasn't only to archive tape content but to
> preserve their functionality.

Search through the DECUS library for a tool called TPC. It does what you 
think and want.

(TPC stands for tape copy, just for the record.)

	Johnny

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