Backup up cassettes to PIL-Box drives

[BitWiz]

I have a bunch of HP digital micro data cassettes that I want to back up to virtual drives using the PIL-Box.

I'm trying to accomplish this without having to copy the files one at a time. I prefer to use the HP-71B rather then the HP-41 due to speed and battery life (the 71 is running off of AC).

I downloaded the MCOPY lex to the 71.

I created a LIF image with lifinit -m cass -z backup.dat

I then "mounted" that .dat file in ilper.

I then used MAXXCOPY :1,0,512,:6,0 command on the 71. After like 15 minutes it finished. When I did a lifdir of backup.dat the files were not there.

Device 1 is the 82161A Drive and Device 6 is the virtual 9114B drive in ilper.

What is the easiest way to backup my tapes to the PC via the PIL-Box?

Thank you.

[rprosperi]

[Prelim] Just to be sure, after copying the MCOPY LEX file to the 71B, power-cycle the machine.

Then just use this command:

COPY :1 TO :6

The purpose of the MCOPY LEX file is to let you do just exactly that.

Yeah, it really sucks when the right answer is the easiest one... something about a razor...

Also, it will copy faster if there aren't a bunch of other unnecessary devices in the loop. Maybe bypass them when backing up.

[Dave Frederickson]

(04-30-2024 08:15 PM)BitWiz Wrote:  What is the easiest way to backup my tapes to the PC via the PIL-Box?

J-F Garnier has a tool called ILvlif that can create LIF images.
http://www.jeffcalc.hp41.eu/hpil/index.html

However, it hasn't been tested with the 82161A.

I used MCOPY the last time I archived any tapes.

[BitWiz]

Thank you. I got it to work once I used copy :5 to :2 instead of copy :5 :2.

It helps to read the documentation.

Thanks again,

Mike