From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED,FREEMAIL_FROM,HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 332 invoked from network); 1 Mar 2023 11:45:40 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (50.116.15.146) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 1 Mar 2023 11:45:40 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9ED4643316; Wed, 1 Mar 2023 21:45:34 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-ed1-x52b.google.com (mail-ed1-x52b.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::52b]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 81E7843315 for ; Wed, 1 Mar 2023 21:45:25 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-ed1-x52b.google.com with SMTP id h16so52558110edz.10 for ; Wed, 01 Mar 2023 03:45:25 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=ZQxwaa3sLtSv9GtlvBNJ6TGKyQX0dX6I4jQR12zmPDY=; b=mavW/kp55E1BIwDRu5npQIORGWQhCmpzBQjgiXsk38Og/UZRX/pcgyYNRmWkwUyDIE S2RuW24J0QfOqextMItHqMLtQPFqB30MXqV/dhLcX816swc0LMX/DKlkCC9/J/vxKQ+x fGQnPLcAdB9AcSN8SoHQdkPvzlOeoz3P+B/ldIoLJmK2rLSsUO9rryOO5waixiKjHdqn cxv3ZYcCXsbjJy2+H0N4V60ZkKy2Ju11MqlQQ7i/0cHW/s5/KDLGhyLpUkiPQSHeQ5Wu QTjLZlBqVYs2KDK8jcwZ8VINl8yGce6mY6O3/tgrSIw3IN3r95mDPb4PcJJAnCF0Wfjq fnbA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id :reply-to; bh=ZQxwaa3sLtSv9GtlvBNJ6TGKyQX0dX6I4jQR12zmPDY=; b=6TsaYp+WFGCkxwyBx+DpS4ba0ITWwnnCWyAB2BaPYtwBAly/w6DjfkEha/XRHAJBfi pUXtdKklJKl04rkroAwjRKHm5uPJ0FTQLY6XZqWnXnjq1k1Nty1lItLX35LkLTd1bka9 75D5ud5flGVubRULmU1Q89BJQVcGoVmkznUD2pe29RG5f9ZuS3IB0SDyBoSpqLfNIt1p rv2PBHmoPIyYSUJ3pcmExWzvIbYzw96KiLv9TrRllafA2zE9CXmue0Zp8/+F2xfpOYsH SVuLl8fUDUUu3fMRNqoSs5nnfdnOzLH7QuC6MCoaOIObQAp+r1eeV690ARzRdKQdpIJ5 mTbw== X-Gm-Message-State: AO0yUKWkE83f7ZVMWN7aArAFLuHIyq+4I0dODEe1PN6wNCETByEETobC Fi/Laph+AZYARL01WdDMxG/mxtP5/eV97A5HCgF/1tV7rvM8Wg== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AK7set9cJw2BDqyoX3idvY1QH7+rBPjGT5gfDJNg3bDaDYW/+dcABbTY9xY+8++UGCEBYuPp/HVJgXTY2cWyNJBbGM0= X-Received: by 2002:a50:999c:0:b0:4ac:20b:96b0 with SMTP id m28-20020a50999c000000b004ac020b96b0mr3589796edb.3.1677671123811; Wed, 01 Mar 2023 03:45:23 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Michael Huff Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2023 02:45:12 -0900 Message-ID: To: henry.r.bent@gmail.com Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="00000000000062803705f5d53f44" Message-ID-Hash: 3WTASDUUT5PCVVRZ2UGPVAV6LXXRATS6 X-Message-ID-Hash: 3WTASDUUT5PCVVRZ2UGPVAV6LXXRATS6 X-MailFrom: mphuff@gmail.com X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header CC: UNIX TUHS Group X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: Unix V7 enblock.c List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: --00000000000062803705f5d53f44 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Feb 28, 2023 at 6:51=E2=80=AFAM Henry Bent = wrote: > On Tue, 28 Feb 2023 at 10:45, KenUnix wrote: > >> Morning, >> >> I am using enblock to create tap files from tar files. >> >> Was a program ever written to convert tap files to tar files or >> a Linux program that could read tap files? >> >> I also see that writing to a tap file from Unix the size increases >> when writing multiple files however when writing 1 file to the tap >> file "tar cv0 ..." the tap file still remains at its larger size from th= e >> previous larger writes. Is this what is expected? >> >> Thanks, >> Ken >> > > Hi Ken, > > Questions like this are probably better suited to the SIMH mailing list. > https://groups.io/g/simh > > That being said, is there a reason you're bothering to convert to tap > format? Modern versions of SIMH can do "attach [file] -f tar [device]" t= o > directly attach a tar file to a tape device. > > -Henry > Hi, Henry, Ken and TUHS All of the simh vax tutorials on Gunkies still give instructions to turn all of the tar files (plus things like miniroot) into a single tap file for installation. I don't know if that is the reason that Ken wants to do that, however. If it is, he should look at the mkdisttap.pl utility on those pages. Ken, there are a couple of other utilities to convert tar files to opensim tap files simtools collection, mksimtape and tar2mt here is the link to the collection: https://github.com/open-simh/simtools/tree/master/converters If there's a utility to convert tap files to tar files, I'm oblivious to it -sorry. -Michael --00000000000062803705f5d53f44 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On Tue, Feb 28, 2023 at 6:51=E2=80=AFAM Henry Bent <henry.r.bent@gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue,= 28 Feb 2023 at 10:45, KenUnix <ken.unix.guy@gmail.com> wrote:
Morning,

I am using enblock to create tap fi= les from tar files.

Was a program ever written= to convert tap files to tar files or
a Linux program that could = read tap files?

I also see that writing to a tap f= ile from Unix the size increases
when writing multiple files howe= ver when writing 1 file to the tap
file "tar cv0 ..." t= he tap file still remains at its larger size from the
previous la= rger writes. Is this what is expected?

Thanks,=
Ken

Hi Ken,

Questions like this are probably bett= er suited to the SIMH mailing list. https://groups.io/g/simh

That being said, is there a reason you're bothering to convert to tap=20 format?=C2=A0 Modern versions of SIMH can do "attach [file] -f tar [de= vice]"=20 to directly attach a tar file to a tape device.

-Henry

Hi, Henry, Ken and TUHS

All= of the simh vax tutorials on Gunkies still give instructions to turn all o= f the tar files (plus things like miniroot) into a single tap file for inst= allation. I don't know if that is the reason that Ken wants to do that,= however. If it is, he should look at the m= kdisttap.pl utility on those pages.

Ken, there= are a couple of other utilities to convert tar files to opensim tap files = simtools collection, mksimtape and tar2mt here is the link to the collectio= n: https://github.com/open-simh/simtools/tree/master/converters

If there's a utility to convert tap files to tar files,= I'm oblivious to it -sorry.

-Micha= el


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