From: mccune@proaxis.com Newsgroups: alt.sys.pdp10 Subject: dumper -- record layout Date: Sat, 07 Sep 2002 00:17:19 GMT Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: <3d79445d.119934775@news.proaxis.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.11/32.235 X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Lines: 7 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.imp.ch!news.imp.ch!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!sn-xit-03!sn-xit-06!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.sys.pdp10:11849 I need to retrieve some data in ascii files on a 9-track tape written with Dumper on a DEC-20. Does anyone know the record layout used by Dumper? Does anyone know of a company or individual that can read Dumper tapes? I tried one company but they couldn't figure it out. Thanks, Bruce McCune ###### From: jmfbahciv@aol.com Newsgroups: alt.sys.pdp10 Subject: Re: dumper -- record layout Date: Sat, 07 Sep 02 10:42:39 GMT Organization: UltraNet Communications, Inc. Lines: 12 Message-ID: References: <3d79445d.119934775@news.proaxis.com> X-Trace: UmFuZG9tSVahfFW0YYdrSk090qCguFraIyMc68WAKwE2I7eKVrUcYCa2aqbq2unn X-Complaints-To: abuse@rcn.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 7 Sep 2002 11:54:59 GMT X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #4 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!feedme.news.mediaways.net!newspump.monmouth.com!newspeer.monmouth.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!feed2.news.rcn.net!feed1.news.rcn.net!rcn!207-172-102-142 Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.sys.pdp10:11845 In article <3d79445d.119934775@news.proaxis.com>, mccune@proaxis.com wrote: >I need to retrieve some data in ascii files on a 9-track tape written >with Dumper on a DEC-20. Does anyone know the record layout used by >Dumper? Does anyone know of a company or individual that can read >Dumper tapes? I tried one company but they couldn't figure it out. Anybody with VMS should be able to. During the migration madness a program was written to read DUMPER tapes on the VAX. /BAH Subtract a hundred and four for e-mail. ###### From: Rich Alderson Newsgroups: alt.sys.pdp10 Subject: Re: dumper -- record layout Date: 06 Sep 2002 21:28:39 -0400 Organization: Systems Administration, XKL LLC, Redmond WA 98052 Lines: 14 Sender: alderson+news@panix5.panix.com Message-ID: References: <3d79445d.119934775@news.proaxis.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: panix5.panix.com X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1031362119 17183 166.84.1.5 (7 Sep 2002 01:28:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2002 01:28:39 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.7/Emacs 20.7 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.imp.ch!news.imp.ch!eusc.inter.net!priapus.visi.com!news-out.visi.com!hermes.visi.com!nycmny1-snh1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!panix!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.sys.pdp10:11852 mccune@proaxis.com writes: > I need to retrieve some data in ascii files on a 9-track tape written with > Dumper on a DEC-20. Does anyone know the record layout used by Dumper? Does > anyone know of a company or individual that can read Dumper tapes? I tried > one company but they couldn't figure it out. There is a program called read20 available through the PDP-10 archives in the auxiliary tools tar file at http://klh10.trailing-edge.com/klh10-2.0a-aux.tgz (part of Ken Harrenstein's emulator distribution). -- Rich Alderson alderson+news@panix.com "You get what anybody gets. You get a lifetime." --Death, of the Endless