William -

How about using FCOPY to copy all files from the mag tape to the DDS tape?
You can use FCOPY to dump the contents of a tape, so I don't know why you
could not copy files from tape to tape.

Something like:

        FILE IN;DEV=7 (or whatever the mag tape drive number is)
        FILE OUT;DEV=8 (or whatever the DDS drive number is)
        FCOPY FROM=*IN;TO=*OUT;FILES=ALL

This should copy the any tape labels, tape marks, and data verbatim.

Steve Douglass
BFGoodrich Aerospace

-----Original Message-----
From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
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Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 1999 6:41 PM
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Subject: data converting


Good afternoon everybody,

Is this hp3000 mailing list? I've got so many emails about earthquake, here
is my question anyway:

Is there any service that can convert data on mag reel tapes to DDS tapes?

Thank you!
William