[Simh] Recovering VMS Savesets from .tap files

[Robert Jarratt]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: simh-bounces at trailing-edge.com [mailto:simh-bounces at trailing-
> edge.com] On Behalf Of Stephen Hoffman
> Sent: 04 April 2009 18:36
> To: simh at trailing-edge.com
> Subject: Re: [Simh] Recovering VMS Savesets from .tap files
> 
> Robert Jarratt writes
> 
> > I have a .tap file that contains VMS BACKUP savesets. I need to get
> > these
> > savesets onto a real VAX. Is there a way to do this from the real VAX
> > itself? I know I could use the simulated VAX to do this, but the
> > problem is
> > then getting the file across to the real VAX. My last attempt to use
> > TCP/IP
> > with SIMH was a disaster, the winpcap install trashed my machine and
> > I am
> > wary of repeating the experience.
> 
> 
> 
> Here is some related reading:
> 
> http://simh.trailing-edge.com/docs/simh_magtape.pdf
> 
> I haven't tried taput, but it looks like it might be a reasonable
> approach:
> 
> http://www.mrynet.com/hp2000/taput/index.html
> http://www.mrynet.com/hp2000/tsb_utility/README
> 
> and for reading those BACKUP savesets on Mac OS X, Linux and various
> other platforms:
> 
> http://labs.hoffmanlabs.com/node/817
> 
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I remembered that I started some code a while ago for messing around with
.tap files and I managed to use it to extract the files from the .tap file
onto my PC and then FTP them over to the VAX. I just needed to reset the
attributes and I was away. Still, there have been some very interesting
replies to this question that will be worth following up.

Thanks

Rob