RKV11D - RK05 media to CD or other DEC media

From: Eric Smith <eric_at_brouhaha.com>
Date: Mon Jun 17 18:59:38 2002

Jerome wrote:
> Last week, I was able to borrow an RKV11D Qbus controller
> and copy most of the 17 packs (there were a few packs with bad
> blocks) with the RT-11 files to a CD. Within a few months, it
> should be possible to make these distributions available under the
> emulator license, just as V5.03 and V4.00 or RT-11 are now.

I wrote:
> Not to complain, but why "within a few months"?

Jerome Fine replies:
> Not to exaggerate the problems, but have you ever used RT-11? Have you
> ever tried to recover files when some of the blocks are bad? The
> process is extremely time consuming and requires great patience.

That's fine, wish I could help out. I just misunderstood because I
thought from your original message that you had *already* dumped images
of the packs, so I wasn't clear on the nature of the delay.

Anyhow, having this material available at all will be wonderful, so I
certainly don't intend to criticize. Thanks for going to the trouble
of doing this!

Eric
Received on Mon Jun 17 2002 - 18:59:38 BST