[rescue] Looking for sun4 SunOS4 QIC tapes

[Mike Loewen]

    I've occasionally used 'tapedd' to image magtapes.  It's part of the 
klh10 emulator:

http://klh10.trailing-edge.com/

Usage: tapedd <params>
   itX=<path>	(Required) Input Tape device, where 'X' is optional
 		drive spec: (defaults to 'h')
 		     h - Half-inch magtape drive (default)
 		     q - QIC (quarter-inch cartridge) drive
 		     8 - 8mm drive
 		     4 - 4mm DAT drive
 		    vF - Virtual tape & drive, where 'F' is optional
 			format spec: (defaults based on file extension)
 			   r - Raw format, paired with control file
 			   s - TPS format
 			   e - TPE format
 			   c - TPC format
   otX=<path>	(Required) Output Tape device, X as above
   {i,o}c=<path>	alternate tape Control file (old id=,od=)
   {i,o}f=<path>	alternate raw data file
   {i,o,}bs=<n>	Block size (record length)
   log=<path> 	Log filespec (defaults to stderr)
   rskip=<#>	Skip # input records
   fskip=<#>	Skip # input files/tapemarks
   rcnt=<#>	Max # records to write
   fcnt=<#>	Max # files/tapemarks to write
   peot		Use physical EOT, ignore logical EOT (double tapemark)
   test		Parse control file, output result to stdout
   verbose	Verbose


Mike Loewen				mloewen at cpumagic.scol.pa.us
Old Technology				http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/

On Sun, 27 Aug 2017, Dave McGuire wrote:

>  Unless these are single-file tapes, dumping with dd is unlikely to be
> sufficient.  It would stop at the first file marker, leaving any
> subsequent files unread.  It's important to use a program that knows
> about tape structures to create tape images.
>
>              -Dave
>
> On 08/27/2017 12:21 PM, Plamen Mihaylov wrote:
>> I already made dumps with dd, you can download the files from
>> m88k.com/4.0.3+4.1.1.7z
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 27, 2017 at 6:05 PM, Andrew Liles <blah at spilk.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Awesome... could I convince you to dump copies of them, or perhaps send the
>>> tapes if you can't? I think the old 'copytape' program would preserve the
>>> structure of the tapes, but maybe there is a better way. I have a QIC-150
>>> drive hooked up to a SPARCstation IPC that should be able to read them.
>>> Assuming the tensioning belt hasn't disintegrated in them...
>>>
>>> Willing to pay reasonable costs for the tapes of course.
>>>
>>> -a.
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Aug 27, 2017, at 7:23 AM, Plamen Mihaylov <plamenspam at afterpeople.com
>>>>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I have 4.0.3c and 4.1.1 tapes for sun4c.
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Aug 27, 2017 at 4:23 AM, Andrew Liles <blah at spilk.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Looking specifically for the 2x QIC-24 SunOS 4.0.3c sun4c SUNBIN tapes
>>> but
>>>>> any
>>>>> tapes relevant to the SunOS 4.0 - 4.1.4 era for SPARC would be nice to
>>>>> have.
>>>>> Were tape distros made for sun4m machines?
>>>>>
>>>>> Ib m sure many of these tapes are degrading at this point and Ib m not
>>>>> seeing a whole lot of preservation of pre-Solaris SunOS releases for
>>> SPARC
>>>>> around - maybe Ib m mistaken! Also seemingly hard to locate are any of
>>> the
>>>>> optional distribution tapes for SunOS4 sun4 - like OpenWindows 1.0, etc.
>>>>>
>>>>> sun3arc.org <http://sun3arc.org/> seems to be a great source for
>>> 68k-era
>>>>> machines but havenb t found an equivalent for sun4[emc]
>>>>>
>>>>> Would be happy with the physical tapes themselves or dumps of the
>>> contents.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>> -a.
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>
> -- 
> Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
> New Kensington, PA
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