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- Subject: How to convert a MP/M tape to UNIX?
- Message-ID: <1029327.57214.7610@kcbbs.gen.nz>
- From: Richard_Plinston@kcbbs.gen.nz (Richard Plinston)
- Date: 28 Jan 93 15:53:34 GMT
- References: <1993Jan20.220845.22103@philce.ce.philips.nl>
- Organization: Kappa Crucis Unix BBS, Auckland, New Zealand
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- >>> it was written using the "savestr" on MP/M
-
- It is likely that the tape is a simple block stream of the
- disc partition. That is, it is a series of blocks in the
- same order that they appear on the disc from where they
- come. Somewhere at the start of the tape will be the directory
- entries then the data blocks as found. Each file will not be
- contiguous but will be scattered throughout the tape identifiable
- only by following the directory entries.
-
- A restore of the tape to a suitable disc using appropriate s/w
- would be required.
-
- Of course I may be entirely wrong.
-
- cheers
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