[Simh] Extracting SimH Tapes on Linux

[Edward Berry]

OK, just my ignorance of TOPS-20. That sounds like what was called a saveset on the vax.
"dump" to me implies saving a disk image block-for-block.
Thanks, my curiosity is satisfied.
Ed

On 11/29/2014 10:57 PM, Mark Abene wrote:
> I use DUMPER all the time in TOPS-20 to back up to a tape image file in linux.  I regularly back up user directories, in case I need to restore a particular file or directory on the fly.  You can't do that if you're making a copy of the entire disk image in the host OS.
>
> -Mark
>
> On Sat, Nov 29, 2014 at 1:43 PM, Edward Berry <eaberry1 at pacbell.net <mailto:eaberry1 at pacbell.net>> wrote:
> ...
>
>     Say simh running on unix dumps the image of one of its (simulated) disks to a (simulated) tape.
>     the tape image is then saved (via unix commands) for future restoration of the disk.
>     (this wouldn't make much sense, because you could just save the disk image)
>
> ...
>
>