How to read a tar dat-tape on VAX/VMS???

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From: Emmerik P.J.L. van
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1992 20:58

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Has some one out their a method of reading a tar tape from a dat (4mm)
tape unit connected to a VAX/VMS system??

I have dat tapes written on a CONVEX and Silicon Graphics, but i can not
read them.
I have a program from the net called vms2tar, but it gives a read error
when i define the input (the logical TAPE) as the dat tape unit MKA0:.

Maybe there is a dd like possibility?

The tape IS readable, i can dump the contents of the tape using dump
i.e.:
VMS> DUMP MKA0:

I also have a DEC-station. Maybe i can connect the dat tape unit to the
DEC-station using the SCSI bus.
But how do i address the unit? Do i have do do a mkdev?

Any help will be appreciated.

Please send replies by E-mail: emmerik@utwente.nl

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Subject: How to read a tar dat-tape on VAX/VMS???
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