RSX-11 systems in operation?
archive...@gmail.com
9-track reels with RSX backups on them that I'd like to restore. I can
dupe the reels to other media (e.g. 4mm) if that will help. But I want
to recover the files themselves. If someone could transfer the files
from BACKUP to COPY format tape, that would suffice.
Actually, a file list first would be best, since we may not need all
the files.
regards, Chris
Rob Brown
> I can dupe the reels to other media (e.g. 4mm) if that will help.
So you can read the tapes but not decode them. What platform are you
able to read the tapes on? Perhaps a tool exists that can recover
your files. For example, there is a VMS program, BRUREAD, that can
read tapes created by the RSX Backup and Restore Utility (BRU).
BRUREAD is written in PASCAL, so perhaps it would not be too difficult
to move it to another platform. See
<http://mvb.saic.com/freeware/lt90b1/rsx90b/263001/>. Or perhaps a
newer version exists somewhere.
- Rob
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Charles Richmond
as well get *everything* off them and put the info on a
CD-ROM. Then when you need something else, you won't be
looking for another system to read the tapes again.
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Chris
"legacy" formats. But not BRU. Here's a dump of the beginning of the
tape. Is this actually BRU? That 512-byte block between VOL1 and HDR1
is certainly unusual... Thanks for any help.
!DPS BLOCK DUMP Date: 09/25/2006 Time: 12:55
FILE #1 BLOCK # 0
0000 56 4F 4C 31 42 41 43 4B 55 50 20 20 20 20 20 20 VOL1BACKUP
0010 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
0020 20 20 20 20 20 44 25 42 31 31 31 31 30 30 31 30
D%B11110010
0030 30 31 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 01
0040 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 31
1
ANSI VOL1 LABEL
VOLUME ID: BACKUP
VOL ACCESS:
RSRVD:
IMPLEMENT ID:
OWNER ID: D%B1111001001
RSRVD:
:
LABEL STD VER: 1
FILE #1 BLOCK # 1
0000 A0 00 05 00 C6 15 00 02 C0 11 C0 65 1E 00 01 94 F @ @e
0010 03 03 F7 09 06 00 FB 01 05 00 00 00 5F 90 76 FF w { _ v
0020 DF 8B 74 FF FD 80 87 00 0D 0A 0A 20 20 20 2A 2A _ t }
**
0030 2A 54 48 49 53 20 56 4F 4C 55 4D 45 20 44 4F 45 *THIS VOLUME
DOE
0040 53 20 4E 4F 54 20 43 4F 4E 54 41 49 4E 20 41 20 S NOT CONTAIN A
0050 48 41 52 44 57 41 52 45 20 42 4F 4F 54 41 42 4C HARDWARE
BOOTABL
0060 45 20 53 59 53 54 45 4D 20 2A 2A 2A 0D 0A 0A 00 E SYSTEM ***
0070 26 10 F7 A5 01 00 70 89 0D 03 C2 15 C8 06 C5 15 & w% p B H E
0080 86 88 C0 15 12 00 52 15 C0 0A FD 02 F7 35 40 00 @ R @ } w5@
0090 40 89 24 02 C2 15 EC 06 C5 15 86 88 C0 15 08 00 @ $ B l E @
00A0 95 14 C0 0A FD 02 D5 1D E8 81 D5 1D E6 81 F7 1D @ } U h U f w
00B0 AA 00 64 88 F7 1D 5E 88 A2 00 F7 1D 66 88 8E 00 * d w ^ " w f
00C0 C2 1D 62 88 B7 10 84 00 C5 15 9E 88 C0 15 05 00 B b 7 E @
00D0 95 14 C0 0A FD 02 F7 1D BC 81 7E 00 80 15 87 00 @ } w < ~
00E0 26 10 F7 09 EC FE 01 86 4C 89 F7 0B 92 7E 03 03 & w l~ L w ~
00F0 F7 1D 8C 7E 18 88 C0 1D 80 7E 10 03 37 10 2A 88 w ~ @ ~ 7 *
0100 C0 0A C0 0C C0 0C C0 65 B4 0E 37 10 56 86 D0 1D @ @ @ @e4 7 V P
0110 6A 7E C8 1D 68 7E F7 15 7E 1C 7A 81 F7 45 01 00 j~H h~w ~ z wE
0120 B0 88 F7 15 7E 43 10 88 F7 15 7E 53 0C 88 F7 15 0 w ~C w ~S w
0130 00 02 FE 87 80 15 87 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ~
0140 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0150 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 C2 15 B
0160 0A 00 02 01 C2 15 08 00 77 09 34 0C 01 0A 05 94 B w 4
0170 C5 A5 20 00 FC 03 C5 A5 09 00 F9 03 C5 E5 30 00 E% | E% y Ee0
0180 42 A1 08 86 04 10 80 10 F7 09 3C 0B 00 11 41 61 B! w <
Aa
0190 05 94 F4 01 02 9C FF FF 87 00 77 09 02 0C 03 10 t w
01A0 C4 15 10 27 C5 15 0A 00 C2 0B 01 03 C5 55 00 02 D 'E B EU
01B0 44 24 17 86 42 12 41 18 00 11 F7 09 14 0C 26 10 D$ B A w &
01C0 81 10 07 03 C2 15 00 28 F7 09 0C 00 C5 55 00 02 B (w EU
01D0 03 10 81 15 C2 15 00 20 C0 10 42 51 F7 09 62 0B B @ BQw b
01E0 06 01 C2 15 05 00 D0 95 2A 00 C2 0A FC 02 87 00 B P * B |
01F0 02 10 F7 09 16 00 26 10 F7 09 10 00 26 10 F7 09 w & w & w
FILE #1 BLOCK # 2
0000 48 44 52 31 52 53 58 31 31 4D 50 42 4C 31 30 00 HDR1RSX11MPBL10
0010 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 30 30 30 31 30
00010
0020 30 30 31 30 30 30 31 30 30 20 30 30 30 30 30 20 001000100 00000
0030 30 30 30 30 30 20 30 30 30 30 30 30 44 45 43 46 00000
000000DECF
0040 49 4C 45 31 31 41 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 ILE11A
ANSI HDR1 LABEL
FILE ID: RSX11MPBL10FILE SET ID:
FILE SECT #: 0001
FILE SEQ #: 0001
GEN #: 0001
GEN VER: 00
CREATED: 00000
EXPIRES: 00000
FILE ACCESS:
BLOCK COUNT: 000000
IMPLEMENT ID: DECFILE11A
RSRVD:
FILE #1 BLOCK # 3
0000 48 44 52 32 55 30 34 31 34 34 30 34 31 34 34 20 HDR2U0414404144
0010 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
0020 20 20 20 20 4D 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 M
0030 20 20 30 30 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 00
0040 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
ANSI HDR2 LABEL
REC FORMAT: U
BLK LEN: 04144
REC LEN: 04144
RSRVD:
: M
OFFSET LEN: 00
RSRVD:
:
*****FILEMARK********
!DPS BLOCK DUMP Date: 09/25/2006 Time: 12:55
FILE #2 BLOCK # 0
0000 52 53 58 31 31 4D 50 42 4C 31 30 00 01 00 52 53 RSX11MPBL10
RS
0010 58 31 31 4D 50 42 4C 31 30 00 62 00 0B 00 12 00 X11MPBL10 b
0020 0A 00 3B 00 1D 00 2B 00 3C 00 FB 49 00 00 07 00 ; + < {I
0030 0D 00 C0 98 44 55 01 00 DC 2D DF 2D EB 2E 31 38 @ DU
\-_-k.18
0040 4E 4F 56 39 38 31 30 35 39 32 39 00 44 45 43 4E NOV98105929
DECN
FILE #2 BLOCK # 1
0000 B0 00 04 01 0D 00 2C 87 10 5B 21 73 00 01 DF 95 0 , [!s _
0010 E0 00 FE FF C5 15 01 00 01 07 45 10 C4 15 00 06 ` ~ E E D
0020 C3 15 00 01 01 0A 54 14 C2 7E 02 0A 04 10 C6 15 C T B~ F
0030 00 08 C7 15 36 06 C5 0B 02 02 C5 15 68 F4 C2 17 G 6 E E htB
0040 04 00 C3 17 06 00 C4 15 C8 00 F5 0B 02 00 02 03 C D H u
0050 77 00 E2 00 06 7F F5 15 00 FD 02 00 35 0A 04 00 w b u } 5
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0070 C0 65 5C 00 41 1D 16 00 C1 45 00 FF C8 8B 3C 03 @e\ A AE H <
0080 01 A2 02 03 10 24 FA 01 C1 25 40 00 0C 03 C1 25 " $z A%@
A%
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00A0 01 D8 81 72 C2 00 C2 50 B5 10 06 00 CD 95 39 00 X rB BP5 M 9
00B0 CD 35 80 80 FD 03 3A 80 F5 35 20 00 22 00 1C 03 M5 } : u5 "
00C0 CD 15 09 40 F5 55 00 02 1A 00 F0 01 10 16 A2 01 M @uU p "
00D0 11 16 A2 01 12 16 A2 01 14 20 A0 00 15 20 A0 00 " "
00E0 16 1F B2 01 17 20 60 02 22 32 40 06 40 00 00 00 2 ` "2@ @
00F0 41 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 FE 01 97 72 42 00 A ~ rB
0100 B5 10 10 00 02 0A 97 72 16 00 C2 00 C2 50 B5 10 5 r B BP5
0110 06 00 F5 35 00 01 0A 00 03 03 F7 55 00 04 02 00 u5 wU
0120 CD 15 11 00 CD 35 80 80 FD 03 E6 81 44 1D 08 00 M M5 } f D
0130 C4 45 F8 FF 07 0A B7 10 08 00 F7 10 02 00 0B 01 DEx 7 w
0140 00 00 00 00 00 80 B2 04 00 00 01 00 B2 04 09 00 2 2
0150 B2 04 21 06 00 00 C2 15 00 08 95 10 C3 11 C3 65 2 ! B C
Ce
0160 E6 FF C4 10 CD 0B 33 81 8D 30 FC 03 CD 14 C2 0C f D M 3 0| M B
0170 F9 80 C1 14 2E 03 42 10 21 0A C1 0B FD 02 81 10 y A . B ! A }
0180 F1 15 30 00 94 FF F1 15 01 00 96 FF F1 15 01 00 q 0 q q
0190 98 FF 31 90 9C FF F1 94 A0 FF F1 94 A5 FF CB 0B 1 q q % K
01A0 06 02 F1 1D 9A FF B4 FF F1 1D 96 FF B6 FF D2 15 q 4 q 6 R
01B0 7E 04 12 13 D2 15 4A 04 0A 13 F5 0B FE FF CD 0B ~ R J u ~ M
01C0 06 02 F2 0B FC FF FB 81 F1 8B D6 FF D2 03 25 0A r | { q V R %
01D0 C2 01 25 0A 04 10 07 0A 07 0A 07 0A 07 0A 07 0A B %
01E0 07 0A 07 0A 07 0A 07 0A 07 0A 07 0A 07 0A 07 0A
01F0 07 0A 07 0A 07 0A 07 0A 07 0A 07 0A 07 0A 07 0A
glen herrmannsfeldt
You might try putting the dump through the unix 'strings' command.
Sometimes it can extract text in a readable format, or at least
a form that doesn't take too much work to read.
Better, though, if you can find a real system to read it on.
-- glen
l4ckt
Still running and still in use providing an operational service.
No reel-to-reel though, just DAT.
One is on a Strobe-Data Osprey card that site and runs under NT so
transfer to the Windows environment is not too hard.
Tough bit is that I am in the UK.
Tony
hha...@hartetec.com
tape image file, and use SIMH running RSX-11 to read the files. At one
point, I had SIMH running RSX-11M+ that I dumped off of a real 11/44.
It ran just like on the real hardware, only many times faster...
Dave Griffith
>> I can dupe the reels to other media (e.g. 4mm) if that will help.
> So you can read the tapes but not decode them. What platform are you
> able to read the tapes on? Perhaps a tool exists that can recover
> your files. For example, there is a VMS program, BRUREAD, that can
> read tapes created by the RSX Backup and Restore Utility (BRU).
> BRUREAD is written in PASCAL, so perhaps it would not be too difficult
> to move it to another platform. See
> <http://mvb.saic.com/freeware/lt90b1/rsx90b/263001/>. Or perhaps a
> newer version exists somewhere.
BRU still exists. Irix ships with BRU, so if you have access to one,
you can try there.
--
David Griffith
dgr...@cs.csbuak.edu <-- Switch the 'b' and 'u'