[Info-vax] VAX VMS going forward

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 7/20/2020 4:00 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> On 7/20/20 10:18 AM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> So if LMF on VAX checked the presence of original VMS 9 track
>> tape in a tape drive and you legally have a VMS license but your
>> VAX does not have a 9 track tape, then you may legally
>> patch LMF to skip that tape check (assuming we can agree
>> that 9 track tape is obsolete).
> 
> Why would anyone assume that?  I have a quite modern SCSI 9 track
> that works fine on DEC Hardware, Sun Hardware, PC's and pretty much
> everything else I have had reason to try it on.
 >
 > May  not be as common as it once was

Always a bit funky to discuss a made up scenario.

But I think it is rare enough today that it may qualify
as obsolete in the context.

>                            but there is still a lot (and
> I mean a real lot) of archived 9track data out there.

I believe that.

I also suspect that the actual recovery rate may turn
out somewhat less than 100% if attempted to read them all.
Bad tapes, bad tape drives etc..

Arne