12 Nov
2015
12 Nov
'15
9:29 p.m.
On 2015-11-12 19:49, Al Kossow wrote:
On 11/12/15 7:27 AM, Jon Elson wrote:
Aha. Interesting. I didn't know that the bit patterns of the control
channel was different.
Curious question then - could most DECtape controllers even read LINCtpae?
I know the TD8E can. The most stupid controller on the planet, but it
enables you to deal with just about any DECtape format you could
possibly ever invent.
But other DECtape controllers might not be able to deal with tapes that
use other codes to indicate what is being read...?
Johnny
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LINCtape is essentially identical to DECtape. I
think the directory
format is different, but I think the block format is the same. I think
the tapes are wound in reverse order and the order of increasing block
numbers is reversed.
Actually the block format is different. "Obverse Compliment" encoding
was created for DECtape. LINCtape blocks aren't bidirectional.