From: Andreas Holz
Subject: Symbolics Tape Images:> how to write them to tape
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 09:29:08 +0000
Message-ID: <1795018.0206240129.2191beda@posting.google.com>

Hallo,

a question to LISPM gurus!

I've a macivory and some Symbolics CD's. The CD named Genera
Distribution is containing some files with the extension .tape. I
know, these files are used by  'Restore Distribution'.

We would like to reanimate an old 3640. We have to reinstall Genera
and  got the tape drive working again meanwhile. Now we would like to
write tapes for the 3640 using a Sun or Linux.

1. Are these files (.tape )in the Genera Distribution CD really 'tape
images'?
2. Is there a possibility to write this files to a tape?
3. How to write this files to tape ( using Unix dd, which blocksize,
etc.)

Thanks in advance

Andreas

From: Hans H�bner
Subject: Re: Symbolics Tape Images:> how to write them to tape
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 10:07:32 +0000
Message-ID: <1025258813.342766@mail.atsolute.de>

Hallo Andreas,

seid Ihr mit Eurer 3640 schon irgendwie weiter gekommen?  Wir haben auch so
eine Maschine, allerdings leider ohne Bandlaufwerk und nat�rlich auch ohne
eine funktionierende Genera-Installation.  Wir h�tten versch�rftes Interesse
an einer Kopie der Platte Eurer Installation, wenn Ihr so weit kommen
solltet.

Eine MacIvory haben wir auch, die l�uft ziemlich prima.

Gr��e,
Hans

"Andreas Holz" <······@topinform.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> Hallo,
>
> a question to LISPM gurus!
>
> I've a macivory and some Symbolics CD's. The CD named Genera
> Distribution is containing some files with the extension .tape. I
> know, these files are used by  'Restore Distribution'.
>
> We would like to reanimate an old 3640. We have to reinstall Genera
> and  got the tape drive working again meanwhile. Now we would like to
> write tapes for the 3640 using a Sun or Linux.
>
> 1. Are these files (.tape )in the Genera Distribution CD really 'tape
> images'?
> 2. Is there a possibility to write this files to a tape?
> 3. How to write this files to tape ( using Unix dd, which blocksize,
> etc.)
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Andreas