Subject: Re: Formatting software tape image, anyone?
To: None <Erno.Palonheimo@Hut.FI>
From: Frederik Meerwaldt <Meerwaldt@t-online.de>
List: port-vax
Date: 04/13/2000 21:18:26
I would be interrested, too

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On Thu, 13 Apr 2000, Erno Palonheimo wrote:

> 
> Greetings,
> 
> I've understood that if you want to format MSCP disks on a MicroVAX II,
> you have to use some DEC-supplied utility to do that. If I'm correct, the
> utility is on a TK50 cartridge, from which you're supposed to boot to the
> diagnostics utility which also includes formatter. Does anyone by chance
> have this formatter utility around? Does the copyright prevent someone
> from dumping the tape contents to an image file which I could 'dd' to a
> TK50 cartridge? If it doesn't, could the tape image be put somewhere so I
> could download it? Even emailing could be an option.
> 
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