On 08/01/2018 01:57 AM, Mike Loewen via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
I accomplished something this evening that I haven't done since 1988: I loaded a HP3000 system from tape! :-) I have a 9-track FOS tape (Fundamental Operating System) which I picked up on Epay 5 years ago, which contains MPE/V release G.A3.09 (circa 1990). I imaged the tape in SIMH format, and used HPDrive (pretending to be a 7974 tape drive) to load the FOS tape and configure the operating system on my Series 37.
Back in the day, this was part of the delivery and setup of a new system for a customer. The final responsibility of a CE was to install MPE/V from the FOS tape, and get to the system signon. After that, it was the customer's system.
This is an amazing accomplishment! -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA