Archiving RX50s with PUTR

[Tobias Russell]

I've put up the microRSX-11 distribution floppies for anyone who is
interested. They can be found here:

http://www.pdp11.co.uk/2009/05/17/microrsx-11-rx50-distribution/

I've started to play with getting this up and running on simh. It seems
to boot the install floppy ok, although it hung after I selected install
from the menus. If anyone has better success, please let me know as I
would like to get this up and running.

All the best,
Toby

On Sun, 2009-05-17 at 10:05 +0100, Tobias Russell wrote:
> Thanks for the advice. I had already started by the time I ready your
> reply so I have images for now, although it would be easy to go the
> extra step by mounting my images and extracting the individual files. I
> might have a hunt to see if there are any linux/unix utilities out there
> so I can automate exracting the individual files from RT-11 images.
> 
> If anyone is interested, the fruits of my labours can be seen here:
> 
> http://www.pdp11.co.uk/2009/05/17/rt-11-rx50-disk-images/
> 
> Quite a few of the files probably already exist in other archives but
> some of the stuff is probably new. I've not had a chance yet to look
> through the disks in detail but will annotate up the contents when I get
> a chance.
> 
> I've just been given a set of microRSX 1.0 distribution RX50s so I will
> put those up next.
> 
> Thanks,
> Toby
> 
> 
> 
> On Sat, 2009-05-16 at 17:38 -0700, Lyle Bickley wrote:
> > Toby,
> > 
> > On Saturday 16 May 2009, Tobias Russell wrote:
> > > I have a large box of RX50 disks that I would like to archive onto
> > > modern media to ensure they are preserved. I've built up a machine with
> > > a 5.25" floppy drive and install DOS and PUTR.
> > >
> > > Is the best method to archive them to:
> > >
> > > MOUNT B: /FOREIGN /RX50
> > >
> > > followed by:
> > >
> > > COPY/DEV/FILE B: [filename]
> > >
> > > for each of the disks I insert?
> > >
> > > I was pondering whether I should use the /BINARY flag on the copy, but
> > > I've not seen this mentioned on other webpages I have read.
> > 
> > Since PUTR "understands" multiple filetypes, I have found it is much better to 
> > save the contents of each floppy (RX50) to a separate directory - but NOT as an 
> > image file, but rather as individual files. That way you can later use PUTR to 
> > create logical media of any form - say RL02, RX01, etc. from the captured 
> > files.
> > 
> > Assuming drive "B:" is your 5.25" drive, and the OS is RT11 you would do the 
> > following:
> > 
> > MOUNT B: /RT11 /RX50
> > then
> > COPY B:*.* .
> > and you will have captured the individual files that were on the RX50.
> > 
> > When you reverse the process to recreate a diskette (RX50, RX23, RX01, etc.) be 
> > sure to use a SET B: type; i.e., SET B: RX23 
> > then
> > FORMAT B: /RT11 /RX23 (or whatever)
> > then
> > COPY *.* B:
> > 
> > NOTE: Be absolutely sure to  SET COPY BINARY before you do anything. For some 
> > unknown reason, the PUTR default is ASCII. (I have a SET COPY BINARY in PUTR's 
> > initialization file - to be sure I never forget to do it ;-)
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Lyle
> > -- 
> > Lyle Bickley
> > Bickley Consulting West Inc.
> > http://bickleywest.com
> > "Black holes are were God is dividing by zero"
> > 
> 
> 


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