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 ARE: /PE 2. OUTPUT TO TAPE: RT/OUT[:DEV] QUALIFIERS ARE: /PE 3. DIRECTORY OF TAPE: RT/DI[:DEV] 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. TO BUILD THE PROGRAM ENTER '@BUILD' IN DCL MODE.