18 Aug
2005
18 Aug
'05
2:48 p.m.
>>>> "Jos" == Jos Dreesen
<jos.mar at bluewin.ch> writes:
> I'd also be curious to hear from Ashley (or
others) how reading
> old DECtapes goes - do you ever have "sticktion" problems? or see
> stick-shed syndrom?
>
>
Jos> Never had any problems with with reading and writing old
Jos> DECtapes.
Jos> I did experience problems when reformatting PDP-11 formatted
Jos> tapes to PDP-8 ones.
DECtapes? That is bizarre, since the DECtape formatter would rewrite
everything from scratch, the timing tracks, mark tracks, everything...
paul