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From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@kryten.atinc.com>
Subject: [Q] read decvmsbackup format
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off topic for the list, but

does anyone have a FreeBSD tool or pointer to code to read dec vms backup 
format 9 track tapes?  here is an example of the header on the tape 
(retrieved with dd)

VOL1BACK_F                                                                     3
HDR1BACK_F.BCK       BACK_F00010001000100 88326 00000 000000DECVMSBACKUP        
HDR2F0819208192                     M             00                           

the next part of the tape is 8k blocks that i have read with dd, but they 
remain fairly unintelligible.  (hey, whats the problem, bits is bits! ;))

someone know how to decipher this stuff?

\^@\^A\^@\^D\^A\^@\^A\^@\^A\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^
@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^A\^A\^A\^@\^F\^D{\M-X\^@ \^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@BACK_F.BCK\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\
^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@
\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^
@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\
^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@
\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^
@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\
^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\M^N\M-,p\^A\^A\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@\^@
\^@\^@\^@\^A\^A\^@\^A\^@BACK_F.BCK\M-h\^@\^B\^@BACKUP/LOG/LIST=BACK_F.LIS GSM$DISK:[CODE3334.GS

thanks,

jmb

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