[Simh] Recovering VMS Savesets from .tap files

[Larry Baker]

Rob,

You don't say what version of SIMH you tried or what platform you ran  
it on.  I use SIMH (since v3.4) on my laptop Mac G4, OS X 10.4, and  
on my desktop Intel Mac Pro, OS X 10.5.  You don't need TCP/IP on the  
SIMH VAX -- DECnet works just fine, and will transfer your files to  
your real VAX with all VMS file attributes intact.  If you don't have  
any alternative, if you can make your .tap file available (download  
or postal mail), I can probably get it on to a VMS-format CD to send  
back to you (from a SIMH machine to our InfoServer, if it still works).

Larry Baker
US Geological Survey
650-329-5608
baker at usgs.gov

On Apr 4, 2009, at 9:00 AM, simh-request at trailing-edge.com wrote:

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>    1.  Recovering VMS Savesets from .tap files (Robert Jarratt)
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> Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2009 10:57:57 +0100
> From: "Robert Jarratt" <robert.jarratt at ntlworld.com>
> Subject: [Simh] Recovering VMS Savesets from .tap files
> To: <simh at trailing-edge.com>
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> 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.
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> Thanks
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> Rob
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