README.md
SUBMITTED BY:
PAUL D. CLAYTON
REPUBLIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
ONE NESHAMINY INTERPLEX, SUITE 306
TREVOSE, PA. 19044
THIS PROGRAM WILL READ, WRITE AND LIST THE DIRECTORY OF A RT-11
FORMAT MAG-TAPE ON AN IAS OPERATING SYSTEM. THE TAPE VOLUME BLOCK IS CHECKED
TO MAKE SURE THE TAPE WAS GENERATED ON AN RT-11 SYSTEM. THE TAPE ITSELF MUST
BE MOUNTED WITH FOREIGN CHAR. AND ATTACHABLE. THE IAS COMMAND TO DO THIS
IS:
PDS> MOU/FOR MM0: RT
THE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED AS A 'BULK' READ/WRITE. INDIVIDUAL FILES
CAN NOT BE PICKED OFF. YOU WILL GET ANY FILES IT FINDS ON THE TAPE. WHEN
WRITING TAPES, THE PROGRAM LOOKS FOR A FILE 'RT.DAT' AND EXPECTS TO FIND
THE FILE SPECIFICATIONS (WITHOUT DEVICE OR UIC) FOR THE FILES TO BE WRITTEN
TO THE TAPE. IN OTHER WORDS, RT.DAT CAN ONLY CONTAIN FILE NAMES AND
EXTENSIONS!!!
THE COMMANDS THE PROGRAM WILL ACCEPT ARE AS FOLLOWS.
1. INPUT FROM TAPE:
RT/IN[:DEV]<QUALIFIERS>
QUALIFIERS ARE:
/PE
2. OUTPUT TO TAPE:
RT/OUT[:DEV]<QUALIFIERS>
QUALIFIERS ARE:
/PE
3. DIRECTORY OF TAPE:
RT/DI[:DEV]<QUALIFIERS>
QUALIFIERS ARE:
/PE
/LP
NOTE: LP = USED IF THE OUTPUT IS TO GO TO THE LINE PRINTER ALSO.
PE = USED IF THE TAPE IS 1600 BPI
DEV = MM OR MT DEVICES AND UNITS 0 TO 7 (IE. MM0)
YOU CAN EXIT FROM THE PROGRAM BY ENTERING CONTROL-Z TO THE
'RT>' PROMPT.
THIS PROGRAM HAS NOT BEEN TESTED ON ANY OTHER OPERATING SYSTEM
AND AS SUCH, IS NOT GARUARENTEED TO WORK ON ANYTHING OTHER THAN IAS. THE
DEVELOPMENT OPERATING SYSTEM WAS IAS V3.0 AND FORTRAN IV-PLUS.