6 Mar
2021
6 Mar
'21
4:50 p.m.
On Sat, Mar 6, 2021 at 3:27 PM David Gesswein via cctech <
cctech at classiccmp.org> wrote:
I'm having trouble using DECtapes with TSS/8 under
SIMH. I tried with both
the
RF image and LCM RK05 image and no mater what I do it hangs if I try to
access a DECtape.
I am trying to use COPY command from account 2.
I attach a dectape in simh then assign it in TSS and then try to get a
directory or zero the tape with copy. Both hang. Anybody with more TSS
knowledge know how to get this to work.
I've never tried using a dectape as an assignable device in TSS/8; have you
tried using PUTR? I used that a number of times on the TC08 setup at LCM
to transfer files and it seemed to work (once I fixed the bug I introduced
into the LCM TSS/8 code inadvertently -- the latest stuff on github should
be correct.)
Images from bitsavers
http://www.pdp8online.com/ftp/images/bitsavers/unknown/
7196, 7211, 7242, and 7280 have text where TSS/8 was mentioned. These are
the
ones I wanted to use TSS to see if I can get a directory.
7241, 7253, 7264, 7265, 7275, 7278, 7291, 7292 have contents but nothing I
can identify.
Ooh, let me know if you find anything.
- Josh
There are also some LINCtapes that had read issues so unable to determine
what the are.
What I have decoded
http://www.pdp8online.com/images/index.shtml
See last 3.