Re:
> I have some ANSI-labeled tapes that are unidentified, and I need to look at
> the labels.  Back in the Classic HP3000 days, there was a contributed
> program that would turn off AVR on a tape drive, then you could mount
> the tape and copy the labels to your screen with FCOPY just like any
> other data.  There were probably some other methods I used, but it's
> been a long time. . .
>
> Can anyone suggest a way to have a look at tape labels in today's
> environment?

If they're STORE tapes, the free TAPEDIR (from http://www.allegro.com/software/#PROGRAMS)
or the commercial <plug> TINDEX from Lunder Performance Solutions </plug>
will read them (labelled or not).

However, if you just want to use FCOPY...

   :file mytape, old; dev=7; acc=inout
   :fcopy from=*mytape; to = ; char; hex; files=9; subset=.... (whatever)

This should cause a reply at the console about "is it ok to
write on the unexpired labelled tape?" (or some such) ... say "Yes",
since you're not going to be writing, you should be ok, and it
provides a method of getting past the labelled tape stuff.  Note: the
labelled tape headers/records will be visible to FCOPY.



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Stan Sieler                                          [log in to unmask]
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